I got this chair from my grandpa. My grandma reupholstered it years ago (it even has a matching mirror). Unfortunately, the chair has this huge rip in it and the padding was coming out. My grandpa was getting rid of it and knew I was interested in free furniture and upholstery projects.
I'm not quite ready to tackle a full on wingback upholstering project because of the amount of time and space it takes up. I decided to just cover the rip with a little strip of fabric.
I got this coordinating green fabric for about $6 a yard from Joanne fabrics. I laid out the fabric and cut, pinned, and sewed it to fit perfectly to the chair. I also painted the legs white with a primer paint I have left over from this side table redo.
My glue gun died, so I
ended up using Gorilla glue to put the fabric in place. In the future, I probably wouldn't use
Gorilla glue for fabric because it bleeds through.
Here is a final-for-now picture:
I'm thinking it needs a little something else, but I'm not really sure what. Any suggestions?
update:: I decided I'm not happy with the way this looks and it doesn't mesh well with everything else I have so I am looking for a fabric to redo it with.
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