How to fold upholstery corners

Alrighty, friends. I’m going to be 100% honest with you. I had initially planned to title this blog post, “How to Reupholster a Chair Seat…the Easy Way.” Though after actually tackling this DIY project, I couldn’t in good conscious call it easy. It took an an entire afternoon, two sets of hands, and lots of sweat. (And...

An easy, DIY tutorial for how to upholster a headboard will update your headboard & transform your entire room. Learn a simple headboard upholstery method!

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Have you ever covered books or gifts and gotten yourself into a jam with the excess paper on the corners? Or maybe you were sewing something that made a right angle somewhere, perhaps a table cloth or a curtain, and you had to struggle with a thick wad of fabric on the corner. Let me show you a quick and easy solution to folding neat corners. I am going to use a piece of paper that has one printed side and one white to show the steps more clearly. This lovely printed cardboard is available…

Remember a few weekends ago when I painted, recovered, and stenciled two of my breakfast room chairs? { See that post here. } Wellllll, eve...

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Back in August when I published the tutorial for building an X-leg bench I feel like I sort of breezed over the upholstery of the top. I wasn’t thrilled with how the original one I made came out for a couple of reasons. I wished I had done folded corners instead of the cover I...Read More »