I have some nice upholstery-weight faux suede I'm going to use to re-cover 12 dining room chair seats. Anyone have experience using it? Do you run the nap to the front or back? I don't suppose it actually matters as long as they all are the same direction, but....
TIA,
When I did mine, I ran the nap back to front. That way all I have to do is run my hand back to front, and the nap will lie down pretty. I don't think it matters a whole lot, just so they are the same like you said. :)
Sharon
I don't suppose it actually matters as long as
Thanks Sharon, that makes a lot of sense. I'm going to start cutting and stapling today.
Well, since I couldn't read alt.sewing today, I spent the day removing about 465,896 (only a very slight exaggeration) staples!
Back story: I supplemented my six good dining room chairs with 6 additional teak chairs from eBay a few years back. I want to recover ALL of them with the same faux suede. The eBay chairs had been re-covered, and the during the second application they did not remove any of the original staples or badly deteriorated leather. So I'm carefully levering each staple up and using needle-nose pliers to take all of them out. I might be able to get away with leaving them in, but I'm pretty sure I would hit old staples when I start fastening the new fabric.
At least I know that when I start on my original set I'll only have to deal with one row of staples per chair, because I know I removed the original fabric and staples when I put on new fabric 20 years ago.
I sure hope I get this done before Christmas Eve dinner....
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