Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design
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Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design
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| ISBN-13: | 9781612121376 |
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| Publisher: | Storey Publishing, LLC |
| Publication date: | 10/22/2013 |
| Pages: | 400 |
| Sales rank: | 397,269 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.90(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Grace Bonney is the author of the bestselling books In the Company of Women and Design*Sponge at Home. Bonney is passionate about equity, inclusivity, and supporting all members of the creative community: she founded Design*Sponge, a daily website dedicated to the creative community, which reached nearly 2 million readers per day for 15 years (and is now officially archived in the Library of Congress); Good Company, a print magazine and podcast about creative entrepreneurs; and After the Jump, a podcast about creatives that has reached over 500,000 listeners per episode. Bonney lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her wife and their three pets. Find her on Instagram and Twitter at @designsponge.
Table of Contents
CONTENTSFOREWORD BY GRACE BONNEY
INTRODUCTION
MIX 'N' MATCH UPHOLSTERY
Chapter 1: Getting Inspired and Designing the Space
PROJECT 1: An American in Paris: Upholstering a Louis Chair
CHAPTER 2: Design Plan and Yardage Estimate
CHAPTER 3: Tying Coil Springs for a Tight Seat
CHAPTER 4: Padding and Upholstering a Tight Seat
CHAPTER 5: Upholstering Arm Pads, a Picture Back, and Finishing the Chair
PROJECT 2: A New Pair of Slippers
CHAPTER 6: Determining Yardage for a Small Pattern
CHAPTER 7: Prepping Sinuous Springs and Padding a Tight, Boxed Seat
CHAPTER 8: Sewing and Attaching Fabric to a Boxed Seat
CHAPTER 9: Upholstering a Channel Back
CHAPTER 10: Finishing the Frame of the Slipper Chair
CHAPTER 11: Making and Attaching the Skirt and Back Scroll Panels
PROJECT 3: Spread Your Wings
CHAPTER 12: Calculate Yardage for a Large Pattern
CHAPTER 13: Spring Tying for a Loose Seat
CHAPTER 14: Padding a T-Shaped Deck
CHAPTER 15: Sewing and Attaching the Deck Fabric
CHAPTER 16: Upholstering the Inside Arms and Wings
CHAPTER 17: Upholstering the Inside Back
CHAPTER 18: Finishing the Outside of the Wingback and Applying Nailhead Trim
CHAPTER 19: Constructing a T-Cushion
PROJECT 4: Three-Seater Tune-Up
CHAPTER 20: Determining Yardage for Railroaded Fabric
CHAPTER 21: Spring Tying with an Edge Wire
CHAPTER 22: Padding a Straight Deck
CHAPTER 23: Sewing and Attaching the Deck Fabric and Tack Band
CHAPTER 24: Padding and Constructing Boxed Arms
CHAPTER 25: Upholstering an Inside Back with Back Cushions
CHAPTER 26: Attaching the Outside Back and Completing the Sofa Back
CHAPTER 27: Fitting and Sewing Boxed Cushions
PROJECT 5: Ottoman Empire
CHAPTER 28: Material Requirements for Diamond Tufting and Leather Upholstery 101
CHAPTER 29: Diamond Tufting the Cocktail Ottoman
PROJECT 6: Topping It Off
CHAPTER 30: Sewing Knife-Edge Pillows, Bolsters, and Boxed Pillows
APPENDIX
Setting Up Shop
Stripping Furniture
Sewing Tips and Tricks
Glossary
Resources
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Index
What People are Saying About This
Amanda made a stunning sofa for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. I walked away coveting the sofa, the life she built, and her creative success.
— Vanessa Price, Senior Design Producer, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Preface
Foreword
I’ve been known to saythat if I ever won the lottery, the first thing I would do is have all of my furniture upholstered in beautiful patterned fabric. And if I had my first choice of upholsterers, that person would be Amanda Brown.
When I was younger I thought of upholstery as something only fancy or stuffy people had done. I remembered all of the scratchy formal couches my grandparents had and couldn’t imagine ever being interested in such a thing. But in 2003 everything changed. I moved to Brooklyn, started immersing myself in the design world, and was blown away by all of the beautiful textile designs coming out from younger artists. Their fabrics were affordable, fun, and the opposite of stuffy. But unfortunately, no one seemed to be doing anything with them other than making pillow after pillow. Then I discovered Spruce.
Amanda Brown led the wave of upholsterers who started looking at found and vintage furniture and reimagining it with bold, contemporary fabrics. In Amanda’s skillful hands, old sofas, chairs, and ottomans were transformed into hip new furniture for younger families, and the community noticed. Spruce may have started as a local Austin business, but the influence of Amanda’s work and taste has spread across the country.
Whether you’re looking to reupholster your very first thrift store score or want to tackle every piece of furniture in your home, Amanda can teach you how. But she doesn’t stop there. Her ideas for combining different fabrics and using found materials like vintage embroideries will open your eyes to all of the incredible ways you can give your old or used furniture new life. Trust Amanda. She’s been teaching students to reupholster for years now and you’re all about to get a master class from a seriously talented — and tastemaking — master.
— Grace Bonney, founder of Design*Sponge
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