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DIY upholstery with Laura Ashley fabric

Last year we were given a beautiful vintage Ercol chair and matching footstool. Since then it has been at the top of my diy upholstery list. We use the chair on a daily basis, quite simply because it is very comfortable.

DIY upholstery with Laura Ashley fabric

Our Ercol Chair was in need of some Diy Upholstery TLC.

Last year we were given a beautiful vintage Ercol chair and matching footstool. Since then it has been at the top of my diy upholstery list. We use the chair on a daily basis, quite simply because it is very comfortable.

Here is the chair in question, posing for it’s ‘before’ photos…I have to warn you, the green velour is not a pretty sight. The awful green ‘nylon velour’ is usually covered with a huge welsh blanket, therefore it is all so easy to forget what is underneath… out of sight out of mind!

I found my Diy Upholstery session easier than I thought!

So when Laura Ashley got in touch to ask if I had any diy projects, that they could help with. I knew exactly what I needed to do. I chose some of their beautiful Greenwich Steel floral fabric  A large modern floral print in a perfect weight for covering our chair; a mix of 49% linen and 51% cotton. The grey and white colourway is so fresh and pretty too!

DIY upholstery with Laura Ashley fabric

 

I set to work on my diy upholstery

My first task was to make a paper pattern from the old covers. I unpicked them, separated them and made some notes about the order they had been originally sewn. Next I traced around the original covers and and cut out some brown paper pattern pieces. As an alternative you could just pin the original pieces to the new fabric, but then I always worry about getting the new fabric dirty. It all came together very fast and according to plan…for a change!

. I unpicked them, separated them and made some notes about the order they had been originally sewn

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The obligatory ‘before and after’

before & After

Then that moment: you know the one? When you set up the shot and its looking mighty fine…then he wanders in and settles down to observe the proceedings…!

photo bombed again

We all love our newly revamped, updated vintage Ercol chair and I loved trying diy upholstery PS. a huge thank you must go to Laura Ashley for supplying the fabric and enabling me to finally tick this one off my ‘To Do List’

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