Description
Evening time upholstery class for the Summer – ! 6:30pm til 9:30pm Monday & Tuesday nights for two weeks; 12 hours of upholstery with me, your tutor, guiding you through your project.
This class is open to beginners and more experienced alike. If you are a new comer, the best advice is that you should bring a project such as a dining chair, loose seats, footstool, or small nursing chair to your first class. These are appropriate first projects while you learn some basic skills and they are usually achievable in a relatively short period of time. As a beginner, you’ll get to see other students working on more advanced projects and potentially see what’s in store for you as you progress.
The course is designed to give you lots of tips and techniques used in the trade and to enhance your understanding and appreciation of this huge craft. There is lots of 1:1 instruction and demonstration as well as some group learning for different topics.
To avoid disappointment, please ensure you have the right project for this course by emailing a photo of your project to saramac@upholsterybureau.com and do check out the FAQs page for guidelines and advice.
**Please note, fees include storage for all beginner size projects. Armchairs (including tub chairs, loungers, wingbacks, and some nursing chairs) will be charged for the period of this course at £6.50 per week. Extra large chairs (depth and width are both over 73cm) is £12 per week. 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.
The classes can include:
- instruction for complete or partial ripping out and reupholstery
- Or carrying out a recover (only removing and then replacing the top fabric)
- Traditional & modern upholstery techniques applied to domestic furniture, tools and materials and how we handle them
- Guidance to help you choose and find an appropriate fabric for your project
- Simple wood cleaning and reviving techniques and small project repairs
- Choosing upholstery fabrics and trimmings, making piping and double piping
- Other topics for discussion are chair or fabric designers, developments in sustainability/aspects of the upholstery trade
- 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. Please email me if you think you need advice on a project.
Students provide their own fabric, trimming and/or buttons required, with the tutor’s help and guidance. Any materials used in the workshop are added up towards the end of the course and paid for.
Fee: £240 materials + storage fee if applicable
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