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I just started watching your fab videos, as I am about to reupholster a high back Parker Knoll 2 seater 😬. I’ve only ever done loose covers before, so proper upholstery is a mysterious art form to me! Your videos are very informative, thank you so much for sharing your skills. I have a fashion design and pattern cutting background. In the spirit of sharing knowledge, I would recommend a few things that made my creative life easier and safer when cutting fabric for garments: 1.Rotary cutting blade with safety cap (available in varying sizes - smaller for small curves, larger for straight lines and large curves). I know this has already been suggested by another commenter, but there’s more… 2. Self healing cutting boards - cheap and widely available in A1 size or bigger to cover your table top. This are a genius invention that increases the life of your blades and protects your table top (or any cutting surface) from damage. I’ve had mine for 20 years and still going strong. Cutting on mdf or ply will rapidly blunt your blade and waste wood which a a precious resource (unless as you suggest in your video, scratched wood can be used elsewhere). 3. Metal ruler at least 1 meter long, for chalking and cutting straight edges. Wood pieces with apparently straight edges warp, and wood is very often not straight because wood expands, contracts and therefore distorts with varying environmental moisture and heat levels. 4. Pattern cutting metal weights with handles are great for keeping your fabric in position while you cut, or weighing down multiple fabric layers if you want to cut several identical pattern pieces at once. I would recommend having 2 or 3 weights minimum for laying your fabric and pattern pieces out. 5. Extra long dressmaking pins are great for securing old upholstery fabric or new paper pattern templates to fabric you want cut out. Or for securing multiple layers together. All these things work for fashion pattern cutting as well as upholstery cutting. For many years I cut fabrics with long fabric shears (scissors), and I love shears, I do. But in the last few years of my career I discovered rotary blades and self healing cutting boards. I found this much more accurate and much faster. Self healing cutting boards are fab for quickly converting your kitchen table to a pattern cutting worktable. So great for newbies and cottage industry! Apologies if any of this has been suggested before, as I am only on my 5th or 6th video playing catch-up!! Thanks again for your videos.
Hi there! Thank you for this - these are great tips 👍🏻 I have used rotary cutting blades more recently and find them really good for cutting piping. Really useful tips here, thank you for taking the time to give them and with such detail!!
great video - im fairly new to upholstery and only really used scissors but seeing this maybe its time to change and use a pair of those gloves.Can you let me know what scissors your using they look fairly big?Thanks
Great, videos. Thank y, I gave my chairs a face lift w a Joans coupon f $30. I am not a professional. I used tools I had my electric kitchen knife, screw driver, pins and hair clips.. I bought patio cushions at a yard sale f $1 each as the foam f my seats. And, I used red vinyal f the seats. The seats are candy apple red and look like I bought tgem new at a furniture store. Thank y, I got many complemnts.
Hiya 🤖 Thought you would like to know how the cutting wheel went... well it’s quicker to cut but too easy to veer away from the ruler so end up not parallel/ square. Think time I saved was then spent wasting time and fabric re cutting new strips. I believe this and trying to follow the straight line in pattern so things looked straight are the reasons I have ended up with an out of line corner on my piped cushion..😭 Stuffed it with extra Dacron but I know it’s there .as on a footstool cannot lose it.. Any suggestions to try improve it?as nearly 1/2 inch out of line...
Hi Jacky! Thanks for the update on the cutting wheel - it’s good to know! Send me over a picture to my email address and I’ll see if I can give you any advice. Neilbanyard@faceliftinteriors.co.uk
Hi Shirley - yes rotary blame would absolutely do the job too! I’ve never loved them for cutting fabric apart from piping but many upholsterers do use them!
Sometimes just squaring off fabric like that, I find, doesnt work as the material has twisted out of shape. Therefore, it does not hang properly. They say to pull a thread - not always possible with all materials. I suppose pulling a piece from corner to corner diagonally will be the only way to ensure that your fabric is straight. Helppppppp.
UA-cam has changed the way they monetize my content. My channel now needs 1,000 subscribers so it would be amazing if you could show your support by both watching my videos and subscribing to my channel! Monetizing my videos allows me to invest back into the channel with new equipment to improve the viewing quality so a small gesture from you goes a huge way for me :-) Many thanks for your support!
I just started watching your fab videos, as I am about to reupholster a high back Parker Knoll 2 seater 😬. I’ve only ever done loose covers before, so proper upholstery is a mysterious art form to me! Your videos are very informative, thank you so much for sharing your skills. I have a fashion design and pattern cutting background. In the spirit of sharing knowledge, I would recommend a few things that made my creative life easier and safer when cutting fabric for garments:
1.Rotary cutting blade with safety cap (available in varying sizes - smaller for small curves, larger for straight lines and large curves). I know this has already been suggested by another commenter, but there’s more…
2. Self healing cutting boards - cheap and widely available in A1 size or bigger to cover your table top. This are a genius invention that increases the life of your blades and protects your table top (or any cutting surface) from damage. I’ve had mine for 20 years and still going strong. Cutting on mdf or ply will rapidly blunt your blade and waste wood which a a precious resource (unless as you suggest in your video, scratched wood can be used elsewhere).
3. Metal ruler at least 1 meter long, for chalking and cutting straight edges. Wood pieces with apparently straight edges warp, and wood is very often not straight because wood expands, contracts and therefore distorts with varying environmental moisture and heat levels.
4. Pattern cutting metal weights with handles are great for keeping your fabric in position while you cut, or weighing down multiple fabric layers if you want to cut several identical pattern pieces at once. I would recommend having 2 or 3 weights minimum for laying your fabric and pattern pieces out.
5. Extra long dressmaking pins are great for securing old upholstery fabric or new paper pattern templates to fabric you want cut out. Or for securing multiple layers together.
All these things work for fashion pattern cutting as well as upholstery cutting.
For many years I cut fabrics with long fabric shears (scissors), and I love shears, I do. But in the last few years of my career I discovered rotary blades and self healing cutting boards. I found this much more accurate and much faster. Self healing cutting boards are fab for quickly converting your kitchen table to a pattern cutting worktable. So great for newbies and cottage industry!
Apologies if any of this has been suggested before, as I am only on my 5th or 6th video playing catch-up!!
Thanks again for your videos.
Hi there! Thank you for this - these are great tips 👍🏻 I have used rotary cutting blades more recently and find them really good for cutting piping. Really useful tips here, thank you for taking the time to give them and with such detail!!
Very good and instructive video. 👍
Thanks a lot!
Hi, What about a rotary blade. I love mine. I use both scissors and rotary blade and self heal pad to cut pn. Wotcha think?
P.s. BTW.. lurve your tutorials.. I've learnt a lot!! Many thanks, keep them coming 🤗
Thank you so much for the support Shirley, it really means a lot 😊
great video - im fairly new to upholstery and only really used scissors but seeing this maybe its time to change and use a pair of those gloves.Can you let me know what scissors your using they look fairly big?Thanks
Hi Sean - I use Swiss 12” shears 😊👍🏻 thanks for watching!!
Great, videos. Thank y, I gave my chairs a face lift w a Joans coupon f $30. I am not a professional. I used tools I had my electric kitchen knife, screw driver, pins and hair clips.. I bought patio cushions at a yard sale f $1 each as the foam f my seats. And, I used red vinyal f the seats. The seats are candy apple red and look like I bought tgem new at a furniture store. Thank y, I got many complemnts.
Hi Heather! Congratulations on your chairs, I’m so glad they turned out so well - well done to you 😊👍🏻
Hiya 🤖
Thought you would like to know how the cutting wheel went...
well it’s quicker to cut but too easy to veer away from the ruler so end up not parallel/ square. Think time I saved was then spent wasting time and fabric re cutting new strips.
I believe this and trying to follow the straight line in pattern so things looked straight are the reasons I have ended up with an out of line corner on my piped cushion..😭
Stuffed it with extra Dacron but I know it’s there .as on a footstool cannot lose it..
Any suggestions to try improve it?as nearly 1/2 inch out of line...
Hi Jacky! Thanks for the update on the cutting wheel - it’s good to know! Send me over a picture to my email address and I’ll see if I can give you any advice. Neilbanyard@faceliftinteriors.co.uk
@@faceliftinteriors hiya, have popped an email over re wonky corners...your a real good un
Hi.. I know that this is a old video, but wouldn't a rotary blade do?
Hi Shirley - yes rotary blame would absolutely do the job too! I’ve never loved them for cutting fabric apart from piping but many upholsterers do use them!
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Sometimes just squaring off fabric like that, I find, doesnt work as the material has twisted out of shape. Therefore, it does not hang properly. They say to pull a thread - not always possible with all materials. I suppose pulling a piece from corner to corner diagonally will be the only way to ensure that your fabric is straight. Helppppppp.