Provides information on tools, furniture styles, fabrics, estimating, cleaning and maintenance, buttons, channelling, tufting, finishing alternatives, working with vinyls and sewing machines. Other topics include stripping, cushion-making, stuffing, padding, inside and outside arms and backs.
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91 of 94 people found the following review helpful:
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By Apeweek (Dearborn, MI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Upholstery Techniques Illustrated (Paperback)
While highly detailed on many aspects of upholstery, there are some glaring gaps, which forced me to seek additional information in other books. Also, the photographic reproduction in this book is rather poor, making some of the photos barely discernible.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
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This book is a disgrace!!!,
This review is from: Upholstery Techniques Illustrated (Paperback)
I bought this book for christmas. I had hoped to improve my knowledge of upholstery through it, but I was dissappointed!. This book has only black and white MINI pictures!!. How in the world can one learn to upholster with black and white pictures. These pictures are so bad that they sometimes look just like a black patch? For me, buying this book was a big waste of money. An upholstery book with no good picture is not interesting to read and very very boring!!!
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This review is from: Upholstery Techniques Illustrated (Paperback)
I use this book as a reference for specific upholstery repair issues. There are not many good upholstery books out there, but this is one of the better ones. The fact that it is illustrated is a big bonus, a picture is worth a thousand words. It is well organized and approaches aspects in a systematic manner.
I agree with the other reviewer. Though the book is profusely illustrated, the photos are B&W and many are of mediocre photographic quality and choice of fabric texture to make clear photos. With today's quality of color photos in many DIY books, this one is in need of an update. It could also use a little better editing so the photos are on the same page as the accompanying text.
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Throughout the book, two generic terms appear: upholstering and reupholstering. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
retaining die, bobbin cap, zipper stock, outside arm panel, tufting twine, stuffing regulator, inside arm panel, zipper panel, baker clip, top arm rail, biscuit tufting, diamond tufting, binder knot, waterfall cushion, outside back panel, tacking strip, tufting needle, most upholsterers, many upholsterers, zipper glide, cushion panel, contrasting welt, channel sandwich, decorative tacks, sinuous spring New!
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Throughout the book, two generic terms appear: upholstering and reupholstering. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
retaining die, bobbin cap, zipper stock, outside arm panel, tufting twine, stuffing regulator, inside arm panel, zipper panel, baker clip, top arm rail, biscuit tufting, diamond tufting, binder knot, waterfall cushion, outside back panel, tacking strip, tufting needle, most upholsterers, many upholsterers, zipper glide, cushion panel, contrasting welt, channel sandwich, decorative tacks, sinuous spring New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Modern Upholstering Methods by William Francis Tierney on page 29
- Refinishing Old Furniture by E. George Wagoner in Front Matter
- All Thumbs by Robert W. Wood in Front Matter
- Fixing Furniture by Robert W. Wood in Front Matter
- Frames and Framing by Gerald F. Laird in Back Matter
- Sewing Packs, Pouches, Seats & Sacks: 30 Easy Projects by Betty Oppenheimer in Back Matter
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