Re-Upholster Seams Yourself
The best way to save on trying to refurbish furniture made of linens is to do it yourself. Sounds hard? Not necessarily if you find the right classes that can teach you how. Most people today have lots of furniture such as couches, sofas and bed seams that can really be repaired with the right resources. The issue of how to go about it only requires interests and of course some helpful classes led by the people who do re-upholstery for a living.
The women who are particularly good at sewing and handling knitting jobs are the best people who can really go far with this endeavor. With the right advice from specialists such as the Fabric Farm, they can repair upholstery on their own and save a lot. As far as the classes are concerned, they only cost about ¼ of the amount needed to have re-upholstery on certain furniture ensembles. So with that staggering difference, why not try out these classes so you can learn and save at the same time?
Because couches and chairs are among the most difficult pieces to upholster, Haly recommends that beginners first tackle smaller sewing projects such as a lampshade, pillow or tablecloth.
On each project, the novice do-it-yourselfer will learn a skill or two — how to do a certain stitch, how to insert padding — that could later be applied to a piece of furniture.
(Source) The Columbus Dispatch
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