Meet a TOOL week - Day 2: The Web Stretcher

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After some lovely feedback on day one from someone who insists that talking about upholstery tools is not geeky at all...here's day 2..

The Webbing Strainer

The Webbing Strainer is used to make sure the webbing attached to the base of the seat is firm and will take the pressure of thousands of bottoms over its lifetime.  They are usually made from a good quality beech, 20mm thick with a 16mm diameter dowel peg.

I tried to import a video from by the lovely Joan Milton from J A Milton Upholstery Supplies to show you how the web strainer is used but I can't seem to make it work so here's the link: How to use a Webbing Strainer

It's not a particularly dangerous tool - unless you bop someone on the head with it.

Tomorrow....The Ripping Chisel..now that sounds very dangerous.

Selling Chairs to Trendy Chorltonites

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Fellow Upholstress Laura from Laura's Attic invited me to join her at the Beech Road Festival in Chorlton this weekend and we had a gorgeous day for it!

Our very colourful stall

Before I started to specialise in traditional upholstery I bought several modern chairs to practice and experiment on so this was the perfect opportunity to give them the TLC they needed and find them new homes.

The trendy Chorltonites turned up in droves and almost emptied our stall!

Fresh lime, grey and cream combine to make this chair POP!

This little Parker Knoll chair sold to a lady who saw it, squealed, ran home and came back with a sample of her new wallpaper...it matched the chair exactly so she went home with the chair, a matching table and a big smile :)

This tapestry on hessian has a dusky pink colour match to the ottoman

This original Lloyd Loom by Lusty ottoman is also off to a new home....lots of people were interested during the day but it's a big piece to carry round!

My favourite sale of the day was this ornately carved kiddies chair to gorgeous little Talitha.  She doesn't look very happy in this picture but I can assure you, she was....she has great taste and she wanted everything!  The kiddies chairs were a great success - I only have two left!

Big thanks to Laura for inviting me along - maybe see you next year Chorlton :)