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How to Cut, Sew and Upholster a Seat Platform for a Sofa
You'll learn how to cut and sew a seat platform and how to add in a hessian web for lashing the seat whilst sewing it together.
Lesson Description
In this video you'll learn how to build a seat platform with hessian and foam, you'll learn how to cut and sew a seat platform and how to add in a hessian web for lashing the seat whilst sewing it together. We'll also show you how to sew in your fire label.
You'll learn how to lash the seat to the springs in this detailed tutorial as well as how to make cuts around the wooden rails.
We have broken the video down so you can easily find the section you want, here are the time stamps:
01:31 - Explaining the issue with the seat rail and giving a solution when this problem occurs
02:01 - Attaching hessian to the platform
06:15 - Adding wedge foam to the front of the seat platform
07:29 - Adding foam
10:12 - Measuring for fabric and platform lining
11:20 - Cutting the fabric
12:18 - Showing how all the fabrics get sewn together
14:10 - Sewing the seat platform together
17:00 - Adding dacron
18:30 - Lashing the seat
28:28 - Stapling on the seat
29:50 - Making cuts around the wooden rails
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