How to Make and Upholster Arm Facings for a Sofa

In this video we teach you how to make a brand new arm facing from scratch. You'll learn how to make a template of the shape the facing needs to fit into, how to use that template to cut the wood, how to pad it up and then upholster it with a piping finish. We'll also teach you how to make allowances to the sizes to make room for your piping.

We'll also show you the best method we've found to attach the facing on to the arm and how to make adjustments so that both arms match perfectly.

The techniques taught in this video can be used on any piece of furniture with an arm facing.

We have broken the video down so you can easily find the section you want, here are the time stamps:

02:57 - How to take a template of the shape
07:09 - How to make allowances to the size for the piping
09:08 - Transferring the template on to cardboard and making adjustments so both arms match perfectly
14:14 - Making the facings out of wood
18:19 - Making preparations to attach the facings to the arm
25:59 - Cutting the fabric and piping cord
27:41 - Sewing up the piping cord
28:31 - Padding up the facing
29:53 - Upholstering the fabric on to the facing and attaching the piping cord
46:52 - Attaching the facing to the arm