How to Upholster the Inside Back of a Sofa
We show you how to upholster an inside back of a sofa. You'll learn how to measure the inside back for the fabric and decide where to put your seams
Lesson Description
In this video we show you how to upholster an inside back of a sofa. You'll learn how to measure the inside back for the fabric and decide where to put your seams. You'll also learn how to take a template and then cut and sew collars to the inside back to get around the curvature of the arms without ripples.
We have broken the video down so you can easily find the section you want, here are the time stamps:
03:19 - Measuring for the fabric
05:41 - Cutting the large panel for the inside back plus cutting pieces for the joins on either end
10:52 - Sewing the extra pieces either end of the inside back
13:05 - Making a template for the collars
17:49 - Cutting the shape of the collars
19:18 - Sewing on the collars
21:43 - Adding dacron to the inside back
25:19 - Stapling the fabric to the inside back