Tuesday Afternoons starts 22nd April 2025

£470.00

Tuesday afternoon upholstery sessions – everyone welcome.   Bring your own project – and receive loads of 1 to 1 instruction in a small group.  New comers start with a small project but please see the full course description below.

First session is Tuesday 14th January  2025

Time:   1:30pm til 4pm

Last session is 25th March 2025

Course duration  10 weeks    half term break w/c 17th February 2025

Fee £465 + materials + storage (see note above if applicable)

Please email saramac@upholsterybureau.com with a photo of your project prior to the course to confirm.

See full course details below.

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Description

This is a leisure class on Tuesday afternoons from 1:30pm -4pm and you bring your own project to work on.   The tutor will give you lots of 1 to 1 instruction as the classes are small and comprised of beginners and experienced alike.   You do not have to have any previous experience but as a beginner or newcomer,  you should start with a dining chair, a footstool, loose seats, a small nursing chair to have the best experience!  Everyone sends a photo of their project to the tutor prior to the course.  If you need any guidance, please do get in touch via email to saramac@upholsterybureau.com

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 cuts around posts and rails; buttoning work
  • Simple wood cleaning and reviving techniques and small project repairs
  • Choosing and sourcing upholstery fabrics and trimmings, making piping and double piping
  • Each term we try to look at a related topic such as a chair or a fabric designer, developments in sustainability and other 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.   Feel free to email me if you think you need advice on a project.

There is the option to attend all day on Tuesdays!  If you wish to attend all day Tuesday, there is the option to do this.

Please note that storage of beginner type projects is included in the fee, but armchairs will incur an additional storage fee to cover the cost of storage.  Armchairs (including some nursing chairs) will be charged £65 per term and extra large chairs (depth and width are 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 do ask the tutor.

Fee   £465  + materials + storage (if applicable)

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