AI6YR Ben<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Random" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Random</span></a> lessons:</p><p>1. Ran out of thread. Needed to buy more. Substituted a different thread, hopefully will hold up fine. </p><p>2. Upholstery thread is much harder to work with than normal thread. </p><p>3. End of the spool of thread was near impossible to use, due to change in tension.</p><p>4. Should have gotten softer cushions. The firmer cushion was hard to cut even with a electric paring knife. Used the firmness recommended for the Eames, but this was actually softer.</p><p>5. Exact shape and size of material is not that important, as long as the material covers the face of the cushion. It's all pulled back and stapled anyway.</p><p>6. Vinyl is extremely, extremely, extremely stretchy... must adjust everything to accommodate for that stretch. </p><p>7. Bought too much material... Probably an extra yard. Now I need to figure out what to do with that material. Used an estimate for an Eames, vs. the Eames clone I have, and there is no backing on the clone (thus less material)</p><p>8. Hardest part of this was the arms, particularly getting the welting evenly sewn around the edges. </p><p>9. Snap button didn't work, covering the old buttons and new buttons with fabric by hand was the best way to do this, and looks and works fine.</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/lessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lessons</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/reupholstery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reupholstery</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/furniture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>furniture</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sewing</span></a></p>