DIY: I reupholstered our Bergere chair with florals! Oooolala double welt!

Published on by Krys

Remember our bergere chair that I found on Craigslist for $20 and reupholstered with curtains?

Well, like everything else in our apartment, I felt like it was time for a change. When we were packing up our apartment during our move I laid this left over fabric from a skirt I made last year onto the chair and had an epiphany.

Epiphany

I loved the way it looked next to our new paint and lace curtains. This fabric isn’t something you would normally upholster with. It’s a silky semi-strechy apparel fabric, but who cares? This chair is rarely used and more for decorative purposes so I don’t care. It’s cute!

I ripped the old fabric and upholstered it just like I did here. Instead of nailheads I decided to finish it with double welt cording. I took these really crappy iPhone pics for you:

Double welt cording
I didn’t have long enough strips of fabric so I had to sew some together. Normally you want to cut strips on a cross-grain but I didn’t. Anyway sew your strips together like this.
Double Welt Cording
When you lay it flat it’ll look like this.
Then encase your cording rope and use your zipper foot to stitch
Then encase your cording rope and use your zipper foot to stitch.
Put another piece of cording next to the 1st piece and roll it over. Using your regular foot, sew down the middle over your last stitch.
Put another piece of cording next to the 1st piece and roll it over. Using your regular foot, sew down the middle over your last stitch.
Cut off the excess fabric as close as possible.
Cut off the excess fabric as close as possible.
Carefully hot glue it on over your stapled edges.
Carefully hot glue it on over your stapled edges.

Now it looks like this!

DIY Floral Chair Upholstery

Marble top table from Topanga Flea $15; Brass vase from Goodwill $5; roses from TJ's $6
Marble top table from Topanga Flea $15; Brass vase from Goodwill $5; roses from TJ’s $6

DIY Floral Chair Upholstery DIY Floral Chair Upholstery

13 thoughts on “DIY: I reupholstered our Bergere chair with florals! Oooolala double welt!”

  3. I love seeing how people are thrifty, and this is fabulously thrifty, if I might say. =D

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  6. I don’t like this at all …. I am MADLY IN LOVE with it!!! I adore the fabric you chose for it … as well as the double welting …. Just makes to so much more splendid!! Congratulations … magnificent!! 🙂

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  8. I spent many months researching different companies that sell a french style upholstered bed. I finally made the decision to go ahead and buy the Chelsea upholstered bed. Extremely pleased with my decision. Below is a link to the product page. Good-luck with your upholstered bed shopping.

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