(CONTINUED)
The
next step in the process will be to lay in the pleats in the front of the
arms. They should fall in naturally working from the bottom up. The pleats
need to be even and not too deep so that someone can't easily pull them
with their finger. They should be identical for both arms.
Make
sure your staples or tacks are going to be covered up by the panels and
cut away any excess fabric. The panels will need to lay as flat as possible
when you install them. The upper portion of the outside arm will also be
tacked down in this area later.
Base
tack the inside back to the top of the frame. Make the "V" cuts
for the lower part of the frame, pull through the stretcher material, and
base tack. Now make the cuts for the side parts of the frame. At this time
we have an important difference between the way we installed the seat and
inside arms. Notice that in the illustration we have folded in a "tail"
from the fabric left from the lower side cut and the bottom stretcher cut.
This tail is pulled in front of the frame (covering it) and tacked in the
same spot as the inside arm. This procedure also eliminates there being
too deep a hole where the seat, inside arms, and inside back come togather.
Make sure the inside back is snugly tacked down and that none of your frame
cuts will show through normal leaning on the back.
We've
already sewn a strip of welt cord to the front band using a 1/2" seam.
Align the band, measuring from the bottom of the frame, and put in a few
staples to secure it. Then tack a 1/2" cardboard strip pushed firmly
against the underside of the welt. The cardboard strip gives us a smoothe
surface. This is what we call "blind tacking". You'll follow these same
instructions whether you are reupholstering a couch, chair or loveseat.
Note,
that this particular front band goes underneath the front of the inside
arm but many bands go around the corner and are finished under the outside
arm. See installing outside arms for completing this band.
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