How to Reupholster a Leather Couch/Sofa?
Here are some of the steps by which the customers can easily reupholster their Leather Couch:
- Place The Couch: The customers need to start by Removing the aged leather upholstery from their couch. They need to place their couch to the upside down and then they have to use the screwdriver in order to detach all the staples. The customers then need to use the seam ripper in order to detach each leather piece to use them as the templates.
- Place The New Fabric: The customers then need to place the new fabric face adjacent to the flat surface. The customers then need to lay the aged leather fabric on to the new fabric piece and then the customers need to affix them together by using the sewing pins.
- Trim The Fabric: The customers then need to Use the sharp-edged scissor and then trim the new leather pieces according to the old layout. The customers also need to detach all the sewing pins after trimming each leather piece.
- Affix The Leather Piece: The customers then need to slot the back leather piece and then staple it together to the backside topmost corner of the couch. They then need to affix the frontal leather piece in the place by twisting the leather in a horizontal way and then they have to affix the front piece on to the top edge of the backside leather piece. The customers then have to place the sofa to the front side.
- Drag The Leather Fabric: The customers then need to slightly drag the leather firmly down and then the customers have to affix the staple on each corner in order to grip in one exact place. The customers then need to drag and then affix the leather in one place at each side to the back side as well.
- Attach The Arm Piece: The customers then need to attach each arm leather piece to the couch and then affix it in the exact place and then staple it to the inner and to the outside back as well
- Affix The Bottom Front Piece: The customers then have to affix the bottom front leather piece to the couch and then staple it in exact place by twisting the leather fabric on to the top and then staple it to the front corner. The customers then need to twist the leather fabric to the back and then staple it to the front bottom edge of the couch.
- Affix Other Sides: The customers finally need to affix other opening sides of the couch by using the staples accordingly.
How to Reupholster a Leather Couch with Attached Cushions?
Here are some of the steps by which the customers can easily reupholster their Leather Couch With Attached Cushions:
- Remove The Old Fabric: Firstly the customers need to place their couch to the upside down and then detach all the staples from the bottom of the couch by using the staple puller. The customers then need to cut the seams that are on the bottom of the couch by using seam ripper in the case where the customers won't find any staples on the bottom surface of the couch. The customers then need to detach all the leather fabric from the couch.
- Trim the Fabric: The customers then need to place the new fabric on a flat surface and place the old fabric over its top. The customers need to draw the exact outline of the old fabric by using a fabric pen. The customers then need to trim the fabric as per the outline by using sharp scissors.
- Reupholster Couch: The customers need to cover the couch with the new fabric and then tighten it all around the area of the attached cushions. The customers then have to staple the fabric to the wood frame of the couch by using the staples. The customers then need to extend the fabric to the backside, front area and to the arms of the couch and then attach it to the wooden frame. The customers at last need to drag the fabric to the bottom side of the couch and then staple it accordingly. The customers also need to trim the excess fabric by using the scissor.