Description
Come and join our ‘taster’ upholstery course on four Friday mornings from 10am til 1:45pm. Please carefully note the dates and time of this course:
Friday 27th February 10am til 1:45pm
and Friday 6th, 13th and 27th March 10am til 1:45pm
There will not be a class on Friday 20th March but to give you extra time, the four sessions you attend will be a little longer – which is always nice! Upholstery is a huge craft so this is designed as a ‘taster course’ for people who want to try their hand at upholstery and experience a little of what the craft is about.  A simple project is required for this course if you hope to finish it over the 4 sessions: a dining chair, piano stool or foot stool or loose seats – something small so that it is achievable in the time. As well as doing your project, you’ll do group learning with demonstrations of various skills and techniques in traditional and modern work.  Please send a photo of your project to saramac@upholsterybureau.com before the course, to ensure it is doable.
If Friday is the most convenient time for you to come, then you are also welcome. Many students re-enrol for consecutive courses and they receive guidance and instruction as well as gain opportunities to review basic skills.
Everyone learns and works at their own pace and comes to the class with varying ability, so it is not possible to guarantee that you will finish your project in the time, but we will always try! On this short course, you will also receive handouts covering some of the skills and materials you use.
With the appropriate project, you should require no more than a 1 metre of good fabric which you should bring to the first or second session. Check out the FAQs/Info page on the website for places to find fabrics. You will also learn about this during your course.
* There is no storage fee for beginner size projects. But to cover the cost of storing armchairs (including tub chairs, cocktail chairs, loungers, large ottomans, benches, some nursing chairs) there is an additional storage fee of £65 per term.  Extra large chairs (depth or width is over 73cm) £120 per term. This fee is paid at your first session, by card.* If you are unsure if you will be charged a storage fee, please ask the tutor.
NB Everyone must send a photo of their project prior to the course. If you need any guidance, please do get in touch via email to saramac@upholsterybureau.com
Please do check out the FAQs page on the website for answers to frequently asked questions.
The classes can include:
- Complete or partial ripping out and reupholstery
- Or only removing the top fabric and recovering
- Traditional & modern upholstery techniques, tools and materials and how we handle them; practising tacking, making cuts, tensioning materials correctly, making corner pleats
- Using the pnuematic staple gun
- Choosing and sourcing appropriate upholstery fabric and types of trimming; pro’s and con’s of different fabrics; Martindale Test
- Simple wood cleaning and reviving techniques and small project repairs
- Email me a photo of your project prior to the course at saramac@upholsterybureau.com and check out the FAQs page for guidance and advice.  Feel free to email me if you think you need advice on a project.
Students provide their own fabric and trimmings or buttons with guidance and help from the tutor. Any materials used in the workshop are paid for at the end of the course.
Fee  £285 per person  (plus materials + storage if applicable)
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