Upholstery Books & DVD's

**Upholstery DVD's**
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Drop in Seats	$24.95
Stuffover	$24.95

Ever been to a flea market and found a great piece of antique furniture in total disrepair? Even at a bargain price, the cost of professional restoration could run more than you paid. Unless you can fix it yourself. With Drop-In Seats, presented by upholstery expert David James, you'll learn the traditional methods of furniture and upholstery restoration. In superbly detailed step-by-step demonstration, James takes a Victorian reproduction Queen Anne chair seat, strips its old covering, and restores it to its former glory. You'll also watch as an Edwardian chair with a pin-stuffed seat is beautifully restored. David James has spent much of his working life in the furniture industry. A certified member of the Guild of Traditional Upholsterers. With Stuffover Upholstery, presented by furniture expert David James, you'll learn the traditional methods of furniture and upholstery restoration. In a superbly detailed step-by-step demonstration, James restores a Victorian nursing chair to its former glory. You'll follow along as the upholstery is stripped and unsprung, and learn how to create a roll edge, handmake tufts, and decorative fringe.

New Holland Proffesional Upholstery. Traditional upholstery skills are still much in demand for both new furniture and for refurbishing treasured antiques. And this extensively illustrated hands-on guide teaches would-be professionals all the crucial techniques they need to have a successful career. It begins with an overview of the required tools and how to use them, and explains the fundamentals of internal spring and suspension systems, fillings and stuffings, fabrics, and other supporting mechanisms. Novice upholsterers can test their new abilities on seven attractive projects, including a stuffed and stitched dining chair, modern deep-buttoned stool, charming child's chair, day bed, and more. Each step is shown in full color photographs, from preparing the frame and attaching the webbing to applying foam or felt and adding pleats, knots, trim, and adornments.

**New Holland Proffesional Upholstery**
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New Holland	$19.95

Upholstery For the beginner inspired to renovate, update, or restore an existing piece of upholstery, this new and practical guide, by prominent author David James (Upholstery: A Complete Course, Upholstery: Techniques & Projects) is the essential color-illustrated reference. It contains everything a novice needs to know and covers all the basics: planning the project; buying equipment; selecting good-quality material, such as foams, animal hair, webbings, and twine; choosing the right fabrics and trimmings or making your own; removing old upholstery; and preparing new frames. Ten beautiful, fully-detailed projects, presented in order of difficulty, include a Mahogany Stool with a Drop-in Seat, small Edwardian Country-Style Armchair, 19th-century Walnut Writing Chair, Bed Headboard, Four-Fold Screen, and Balloon-Back Dining Chair. by David James

**Upholstery**
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Upholstery	$17.95

Singer Upholstery Basics The most comprehensive, user-friendly upholstery book on the market just got better! Over its lifetime, SINGER Upholstery Basics has sold nearly 150,000 copies. Now, with five new projects and an entirely fresh presentation, SINGER Upholstery Basics Plus is truly the best book for beginners and seasoned upholstery buffs alike. All the basic upholstery techniques are taught. Projects include all styles of chairs or couches, stools, different styles of ottomans, a bench, and a headboard. Some projects are built-from-scratch items that require only simple carpentry skills for building the frames. Others show the complete process of stripping, repairing, and reupholstering old furniture pieces to like-new condition. Large color photos of the step-by-step instructions set this book apart from all the others.

**Singer Upholstery Basics**
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Singer Upholstery	$19.95

Upholstery a Complete Course This massive compilation of facts, skills, techniques, designs, and insider advice tells you everything....Set up your own workshop with just a few tools, a staple gun, cloth, and foam cutters. It's practically enough information to make you a professional upholsterer. by David James

**Upholstery a Complete Course**
Title	Each	Order
Upholstery a Complete Course	$21.95