Reupholster a tub chair

carola
carola Member Posts: 786
edited 10. Aug 2010, 05:01 in Community Chit-chat archive
I bought in a sale a tub chair a year ago and wish to reupholser it.

I am only beginning my sewing empire therefore no way am I going to try to sew covers and stuff.

Do you think I could just use the good old staple gun for the walls of the tub and then phart around trying to sew the cushion seat cover?
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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I don't see why not. Phrankly I've never tried such a phantastic job but nailing stuph to the phrame really should cause any phatal problems. Phight on you phabulous woman! Just watch out for your phingers. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • mellman01
    mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Have you tried to Google to see what it it comes up with??
  • annie_mial
    annie_mial Member Posts: 5,614
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    DD, you have just made me scream and shriek with laughter and I am still phlippin' giggling.

    Seriously, I upholstered bench seats in a dining area for years with a mixture of staples, glue and sewing, so can't see why it shouldn't be applied to a chair.

    Annie
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Phantastic annie, that was the plan, hopephully make someone giggle. Wasn't it GBS who said that you could spell fish as 'phich' or somesuch, such are the idiosyncracies of the English language. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,027
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    babycham wrote:
    Pinking shears ...cling/web...velcro...glue/gun ....all usefull for non sewingxxB/Cham

    Cham

    I am serioulsy worried - has DD got some sort of speech impediment???

    Dont like to say anything or draw attention to it. Might embarrass her... :shock:

    Toni xx
  • frogmorton
    frogmorton Member Posts: 30,027
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Blimey Carol

    You jump right on in at the deap end dont you? :D

    My sis in law used a staple gun I think. If that helps...like mell's idea though.

    Love and good luck

    Toni xx
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Carol

    Using a staple gun is a good idea, but you will need strong ones which won't pull out.

    The alternative would be to make a loose cover, fastened down one side at the back with velcro. As it is a tub chair, you might need to have some ties underneath to keep it in place, or more velcro along the bottom edge, with some glued onto the frame. The advantage of this would be that you could remove it for cleaning or washing.
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  • ninakang
    ninakang Member Posts: 1,367
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I'd get my mum to do it... I could give you her address? :D

    Nx
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I phorgot the obvious word - phurniture. Phool! DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Phenomenal, DD :!: :!: :lol::lol:
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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Boom-boom! That nearly phollowed the pattern! Oh my dear Miss Marple, you do make me lauph! (and think too, which is a good thing) DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh my dear Miss Marple, you do make me laugh! (and think too, which is a good thing) DD

    Do I have you in stitches :?: :?: :lol:
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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    You do make me smile, you are a quirky woman methinks, which I like and admire. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • mummyb
    mummyb Member Posts: 1,231
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dreamdaisy wrote:
    I don't see why not. Phrankly I've never tried such a phantastic job but nailing stuph to the phrame really should cause any phatal problems. Phight on you phabulous woman! Just watch out for your phingers. DD
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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hun, it gets worse! It's all carola's phault! DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • livinglegend
    livinglegend Member Posts: 1,425
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Back on topic, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i4H2gqLnXg&NR=1 for how its done. Not a 'tub' chair, but the theory is the same.

    Joseph 8)
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  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    what is a tub chair???????? please any one
    val
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    It's tricky to explain! They are smaller chairs, with a very rounded back: ah, got it. Think of the letter C - you are looking at a tub chair from above! Does that help? DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    thanks dd, know was being bit thick :oops: but could not for life of me imagine what it looked like lol val :D:D:D:D:D
    val
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    You weren't being thick, don't be daft - it was a reasonable question! I'm glad the image worked. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • carola
    carola Member Posts: 786
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Phlipping heck, what is going on here??

    This is phreaking me out!

    DD, you have me phalling oph my tub chair lauphing :lol::lol:

    Many thanks phor all the handy tips, my Phriends.

    I went to the material shop yesterday to buy material however phorgot to buy tub chair material as bought lots of red stuff to make santa suits for pholks I know that are selling christmas trees this year. Pheck knows what they will end up like - more like Bad Santa but hey ho ho ho!

    Hope you all having a phantastic day.
    Carol x
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Don't you mean stuphph? (Thanks robertls for that one!) DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • livinglegend
    livinglegend Member Posts: 1,425
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    What more can we say.

    Josef 8)
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  • annie_mial
    annie_mial Member Posts: 5,614
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Just keep it going, pholks! You're keeping me in phits!

    Annie
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh josef, we need a foto of you and your phriend who is hopephully called filllip. Ooooph! This is getting more phlipping complicated. I don't have the mental fysique phor this! (not this late, anyway) DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben

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