Sofa Reupholstery Project

[maccamper]

Steve, you're a good son for giving your Mom credit. You sure had me believing you were doing all the sewing -- then I am very gullible. You and your Mom are doing a great job. Your fabric does have a touch of the Frank Lloyd Wright influence. We're anxious to see the new finishes. Guess that will likely be at Moraine View and then again in Michigan in August.

See ya down the road!

Nancy

[TinLoaf]

Mom only helped with the curtains when she visited last weekend. The couch and dinette cushions were all me. I can't let her get too much credit.

[maccamper]

Originally Posted by TinLoaf

Mom only helped with the curtains when she visited last weekend. The couch and dinette cushions were all me. I can't let her get too much credit.

aha! ;-)

[Lily&Me]

Looks great, Steve!


Maggie

[Foiled Again]

You can get a walking foot attachment for most sewing machines. Some nicer high end ones have the feature built in. Built in - a bit more convenient, but the attachment IS workable. Here's one that also has a guide for quilting - so that you can keep lines of stitching evenly spaced. The spacing bar comes off if it' isn't needed. Gobs of them on e-bay, just find the one that matches your brand and model

DELUXE LOW SHANK Even Feed/ Walking Foot Sewing Machine Presser Foot+Quilt Guide | eBay

Paula

[Lily&Me]

Originally Posted by maccamper

aha! ;-)

Mmmhmmm, he waited to share this part with us. Been thinking for a couple of weeks that he did those curtains all by his little self!

Still, quite an undertaking and nice choice of fabrics. Some of us voted on those, actually.


Maggie

[TinLoaf]

I was lucky and had today off, so I got a lot done on the upholstery. I started off easy with the arm of the couch. Then I stripped the old blue fabric off the first dinette base. I kid you not, it took longer to pull all the staples and remove the old fabric than it did to measure, cut, pin, sew, stretch and staple the new.

[TinLoaf]

I got one of the dinette bases mostly finished before I wore out my staple gun. The four spot welds that hold the feed to the gun gave out. I've had that thing since I was about 12 and used it when I built a tree house. It's had a hard life.

I had only about 20 staples to go to get the base wrapped so I used two hands to hold the staple gun together and finished. I still need to cut the access for the under-seat storage door but that will need to wait until I have a working stapler. I'm attempting JB Weld before buying a new one.

So here's one of the two dinette bases back in the trailer.

[maccamper]

Originally Posted by TinLoaf

I got one of the dinette bases mostly finished before I wore out my staple gun. The four spot welds that hold the feed to the gun gave out. I've had that thing since I was about 12 and used it when I built a tree house. It's had a hard life.

I had only about 20 staples to go to get the base wrapped so I used two hands to hold the staple gun together and finished. I still need to cut the access for the under-seat storage door but that will need to wait until I have a working stapler. I'm attempting JB Weld before buying a new one.

So here's one of the two dinette bases back in the trailer.

Steve, you are so much fun to know. You have the latest and greatest iPhone and an iPad yet you hang onto that staple gun. Good for you. Your Airstream has another great story to go with it.

The new fabric on the dinette is looking great.

Nancy Mac

[TinLoaf]

I still need to do upholster the storage door under the couch, but I finished the arms.

I kind of like the trailer with only one of the two dinette bases installed. That big gap between the couch and the table would be perfect for a little yacht-sized wood stove, don't you think?

So that's it for today. I'm going to let the JB Weld cure overnight and give it another try in the morning. It would be great to finish up tomorrow morning because I'm thinking about camping tomorrow afternoon to test out the solar panels in full sun and watch the football games from the cozy trailer with a lake view.

[maccamper]

. . .wood stove would indeed be great in the winter . . . and then how about a kegerator in the summer?

(Laird put me up to that -- I'd be voting for a winerator )

Nancy Mac

[zlee]

Wow, this is really coming together, it looks great!

[Lily&Me]

This is looking great, Steve!

Love the colors.


Maggie

[crazeevw]

"I ordered the curtain track hardware from Vintage Trailer Supply. A word of warning... the track extrusions were about 1 millimeter too sloppy which is all it takes to allow the slider to slip out of the track. I had to bend every track to slightly close the gap or the curtain sliders (also from Vintage Trailer Supply) would come out."

On all of my tracks for curtains on my '89 Classic Motorhome, someone (guess maybe Airstream?) has places small self-tapping machine screws in the ends of the tracks. That way, if curtains ever need to be cleaned, all I have to do is remove the screws, slide curtains out, and remove the curtain sliders off of the fabric. Just a suggestion....
Thanks, Derek

[TinLoaf]

Originally Posted by crazeevw

...places small self-tapping machine screws in the ends of the tracks...

The problem is not with the ends of the track, it's with the entire track. The plastic glides will fall right out the front of the track because the gap is too large. I seem to have solved the problem by bending the gap closed. The flexing spider-webbed the protective coating, but at least they work now.

[bolerama]

Absolutely gorgeous! Well done!
Lisa

[Suzzeee]

Really nice job! We just pulled our sofa out of the AS this morning. We're not very DIY so upholstery guy is picking up tomorrow! My skills fall more in the design area and sourcing cool stuff !

[TinLoaf]

After a several-week hiatus, the moment you've all been waiting for.

[Lily&Me]

Very nice, Steven!!

Great job!


Maggie

[mcair]

Great! Want to finish mine? Somehow it seems to never get done.