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General Upholstery Questions and Comments => General Discussion => Topic started by: Becky on July 31, 2012, 11:33:05 am

Title: Chanel back chair
Post by: Becky on July 31, 2012, 11:33:05 am
Hi I'm Becky and I'm new here. I hope this is the right place to ask about reupholstering a channel back chair. I'm self taught and have done my sofa, wing chair, dinning chairs, headboards, and ottomans. BUT I'm stumped on how to do a channel back chair. Can anyone point me to a how to on this site. Thanks so much, Becky
Title: Re: Chanel back chair
Post by: sofadoc on July 31, 2012, 01:08:09 pm
Since you've already done sofas and chairs, I assume the main question that you have  is how to do the channels?
There are several different methods for stuffing the channels after you've sewn the pockets.
Here's a "How-to" from Carr's Corner:

http://www.carrscorner.com/channelback.php

BTW: Welcome!
Title: Re: Chanel back chair
Post by: Judy_Boat on July 31, 2012, 04:58:08 pm
Pick the method you think makes the most sense with your present skills.
Then get out the scrap material and practice before tackling the final cover.

Personally I like the foam technique where you staple behind the channel filling as opposed to the sausage stuffing methods.
Title: Re: Chanel back chair
Post by: Becky on August 02, 2012, 02:06:25 pm
Thank you for the info!