Upholstery Class #4 of 4: The Final Steps!

ah...yes, we left off at piping!

Once the piping is applied on all four sides, we applied the fabric that covers the sides of the ottoman. We stapled the back side of the fabric, upside-down along the underside of the piping. We overlapped the two edges at one corner.  We left about 2 to 3 inches of overlap on these two corners.

After all the fabric was stapled to the ottoman, we applied a stiffening strip to the underside of the piping... holding very tight to the piping. 

After the stiffening strip (which resembles cardboard or chip board in texture and stiffness), we attached more dacron to all four sides. The dacron should align with top of piping cord. Smooth with right hand, tighten and hold with left hand, then staple with right hand...repeat...on all four sides. 

Place ottoman upside-down for the next finishing steps. Pull fabric upward and use ruler to push dacron down on top of piping seam. Put two temporary staples at the corner where the fabric meets. Staple all four side to underside of ottoman, creating 90 degree angles at corners. The corner, where the fabric meet, is too tough for me to repeat....infact I didn't even do it, which was unlike me...since I was getting used to doing things twice (in this class). I got my teacher to finish that corner for me. 

Cut access material from bottom. Add bottom- we used a thin black material. I forget the name of this stuff...I was excited to have almost completed this sucker.

Add gliders to each corner of the bottom. You can just hammer them into the bottom. I should probably say "you can hammer these gliders into the bottom with skill and experience" since I broke the exposed plastic part of the glider atleast 4 times before getting one into the bottom of the ottoman...successfully.


Sew up edge with an invisible seam. 

Last step & final step: carry home and prop your feet up!