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| Applying the Hessian and ties |
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| The chair before... |
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| Horsehair layer |
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Finished chair in the studio with little blue chair |
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| The finished chair with Cath Kidston Tapestry seat. |
Last week I finished this really lovely little tapestry covered chair, and forgot to blog about it! I just wanted to show you how a little chair can have a big personality. I cleaned and treated the wood, mended the wobbly joints, and gave it new webbing and stuffing. The tapestry had been done by the customer, and was a pattern from one of the Cath Kidston stitch books. The trim was from John Lewis and matched the wool colour perfectly.
The one thing I would recommend if you are going to do a tapestry is to use a standing or handheld frame - this stops the canvas from becoming stretched out of shape by your hands. (And makes it much easier to apply to a chair if it's all square.)
Tapestry can be a lot more fun than pictures of kittens in baskets (although if kittens in baskets is your thing - go for it!) I wanted to see if I could find a tapestry I would like to do and came across the amazing work of Charley Harper Have a look at more of his beautiful illustrations turned into tapestries on the Purl Bee craft blog. Imagine those beauties on a chair!
