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How to Upholster the Front Border of a Sofa

In this video you'll learn how to upholster the front border of a sofa whilst also learning how to correct the corners a lot of manufacturers cut on their frames

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Lesson Description

In this video you'll learn how to upholster the front border of a sofa whilst also learning how to correct the corners a lot of manufacturers cut on their frames to create a really strong border that will withstand the test of time.

We teach you how to take your upholstery to the next level and create a high end piece of furniture.

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

01:22 - Adding Webbs
03:29 - Attaching Barrier Cloth
06:04 - Measuring Fabric and talking about joins
07:10 - Cutting the fabric
09:25 - Sewing the join and piping cord
11:36 - Attaching the piping cord and tips for keeping it completely straight
14:09 - Stapling on the fabric
15:31 - Attaching cardboard strip
17:28 - Adding foam
19:44 - Adding dacron
21:18 - Finishing stapling the front border fabric

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