Reupholster Patterned Dining Room Chairs

Patterned dining room chairs – Fabric with a symmetric regular pattern is more challenging to work with than solid fabrics or fabrics with an irregular pattern. You will need to purchase extra fabric pattern placement. Extra fabric needed will vary with the size of the print. Vary the placement of the print job can create different effects. Chose the location that works best for your room.

How to reupholster patterned dining room chairs, turning seat and remove the screws holding the pad in place. Flip the cushion and remove the staples holding the cover with a screwdriver. Turn the chair back and lift the fabric. Be careful not to disturb the stuffing or padding. Then measure the length and width of the piece of cloth that you removed. And also measurements on repeat on new fabric in both directions. Repetition is the distance between the points where the print of the fabric is repeated.

Add to repeat the measurements of the fabric you removed to determine how much fabric you need for your printing. Mark the center of all edges of your seat with pins. Then adjust folds in the fabric with the pins at the edges of the chair. Attach the fabric to the seat to keep it in place. And then remove any pins in the fabric. Facing the pad and pull the fabric tightly around each side. Fold the corners 45 degrees and staple it in place. And also trim the excess fabric and screw on the pad back on the chair. Remove any remaining pins and nice patterned dining room chairs all ready.