The Upholstery Forum

Hi,
I’m after some advice - I’m upholstering the attached chair and as you can see there is no gap to fix the calico and fabric round the back. So I have to attach it to the seat, so do I
a) just attach it so close to the back and hope it doesn’t show, or
b) attach both just at the back before adding the foam
Sorry, if I’ve not explained this very well, but hopefully you get my drift.
Thanks,

Did you take it apart ? Or Is this a new build? or Is there a seperate top that screws into it?
Don't think I'm seeing the whole picture .

Hi Rhonda,
Thanks for getting back to me on this.
The chairs are pretty old and I took off the old upholstery about a year ago, so can't remember how it was all put together. I've attached a photo showing how they looked originally, but this doesn't help with me problem unfortunatly.

There was no drop in seat or anything like that, so the calico and fabric must have been attached to the actual seat.

Thanks for trying to help.

If there is a gap between the seat and the back pull the fabric through and staple on the bottom, if not then use cardboard strips and staple the top fabric from the inside and pull forward.

I think Malcolm M has the solution. I have to do this all the time on couches just in a bigger fashion.
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