Friday, June 7, 2013

Reupholstery: Patterning

After ripping out remaining staples and laying out the smelly pieces, I began to trace the old pieces onto the new materials.

Here is the old seat with the side seams ripped.

Here you can see a detail on the sides where an extra triangle shape is added.

 

Layers:

 

Tracing out the dissected vinyl:

For the layer between the vinyl and the foam I used an old sheet, but I should have used something with stretch.

The burlap:

The foam:

Coming soon: Reconstruction