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Steps:
1. Marking the chair: Assemble
chair and with a pencil, mark all of the areas where
the boards meet, creating pattern sections and gluing
guide lines for the fabric. Note that the inner seat
support inside areas of seat supports will not have
to be fully covered with fabric. The back of the seat
can be covered as you would like. Pick three colors
you would like for the seat and back area. The fourth
color will be an accent to the sides and front of
the base pieces and will cover the two outer seat
supports.
2. Cutting the swoosh! Place fabric
over seat. Use the upper corner of the fabric and
mark as close as you can to the edge of the fabric,
minimizing waste. With your finger, mark a swoosh
in the fabric. On the seat, the "swoosh"
should go diagonally from the center back edge over
the front edge. To change swoosh, brush fabric flat
and start again. Take another color of fabric and
place it over the corner of the seat where it will
be glued on, lining it up with the back edge of the
seat and allowing roll over onto side edge of chair.
(For easier cutting, trim down the size of this piece,
giving a 1" additional cutting allowance.) Place
your original swoosh on top of the second color. Both
pieces should be placed exactly where they will be
glued. Cut along the edge of the "swoosh"
line, cutting out the second color. You will do the
same thing for the other side of the "swoosh"
line. Glue down pieces (refer to gluing section).
Do the same for the back of the
chair. Start with the "swoosh", lining up
with the seat pattern for a flow in your design. Match
your colors, cut and glue down. (refer to gluing section).
Tip: Slide seat and seat back together. Mark on the
back of the chair where the swoosh starts. Lay down
fabric and finger mark swoosh. Minimize waste!
3. For all the other pieces, remove
the piece from the assembled chair. Lay fabric down
on piece, minding fabric nap (direction). Using your
pencil lines as a guide, cut out sections while holding
down in place. Once a basic pattern shape is cut,
use it to cut out all other pieces.
Tips:
You can cut pieces down to manageable sizes, using
a 1" overlap as a safety zone. Remember to leave
enough room to cover edge. Use this a guide for cutting
out all the other colors. Glue down the one edge of
the section along the pencil line, then glue down
the section close to the other pencil line, and then
cut. The glue prevents the section from moving.
Pieces to be cut: 2 full arm support outer edges;
4 partial arm supports (four inches shorter than full
; 5 front corner covers; 2 seat support rectangles;
Back of seat and seat support cut as needed.
Gluing down the pieces: Cut a large opening
on the top of the glue bottle. Squeeze ample glue
all around the area to be glued. Use a scraper to
evenly spread a thin layer of glue. Cover the entire
section, or glue may get on subsequent pieces . Along
edges, glue and hold in place until glue sets. Trim
excess off edges after glue is set or dry.
Tips: Keep direction of fabric lined up. If
you mis-cut, don't cut away the piece as it can be
glued down without a problem. If you slightly miscut,
Shaggy Plush will stretch slightly, so hold in place
till glue sets!
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