We started working on our ski lift chair for The Big Ski Chair Affair. We have a lovely studio space to use thanks to the Glacier Restaurant Group. Four of the chairs are in the bottom part of their building where we can work on them.
We cleaned the chair and then stripped all the old foam that was pretty worn out and dirty off the chair. You can see two other chairs behind ours. The middle bar in the chair is going to be removed all together so we didn’t take the black foam off of that one. Didn’t have the correct wrench to remove the bar today.
The next step is to start painting it and then we will get more foam and start the upholstery process. We’re still working on making more leaves for it and I keep stitching away each morning to make one leaf.
These had veins of stitching added to them but I forgot to take a photo of them after that. I will keep you updated on our progress.
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That’s a great work space! Those chairs are much wider than I imagined they’d be – is re-upholstery a new skill for you?
It is a great space and we are so happy to have it. Better than working in a cold garage. I have re-upholstered a few things before. My mom was quite a pro at it. This is a bit different though because of the metal base. We’ll figure it out though. 🙂
Oh yes – I’d not thought about the upholstery afixing to metal!
It sounds like a real challenge, but I’m sure you’ll figure it out.
Thanks Marilyn, we were pleased with what we got done in one morning.
That does look like a challenge – you’re going to need lots of leaves! Good luck with it – look forward to seeing your progress!
Always love a challenge. We have been making leaves for almost 2 months now. Hopefully, we will have enough.
Wow, that is going to be a task and a half, I’m very curious to see the finished chair!
Yes, me too 🙂