sewing help

[shanesmith80]

I am making a Morris Chair as seen on the wood whisperer. Throwing out a line to see if there is anyone out there that could help with sewing up the cushions.
Not 100% sure on material yet, not leather though, not yet anyway.

[NCArcher]

Hi Shane. You know where there is an industrial sewing machine gathering dust. You're welcome to pick it up and use it. Would do your cushions easily.
Fletty might want to have a play as well.

[Sawdust Maker]

There's an upholsterer near me who's pretty good if you want to outsource

[fletty]

Hi Shane. You know where there is an industrial sewing machine gathering dust. You're welcome to pick it up and use it. Would do your cushions easily.
Fletty might want to have a play as well.

Hi Shane,
I need to learn how and then sew 8 leather cushions so, in the spirit of 'the deep end', how about we take up NC's offer?

fletty

[shanesmith80]

The last time I was near a sewing machine was about 25 years ago and my teacher said ' Shane, for everyone's safety why don't you sit in the corner and watch'.

But if your game Fletty, we can have a go, just don't blame me if we end up with webbed fingers.

[fletty]

OK Shane, our bluff has been called. The industrial sewing machine is now in Sydney!
Im checking out leather suppliers and will let you know what's available. A corner of the shed is being cleared as I write this........

fletty

[NCArcher]

The machine is re-assembled and adjusted and I ran a few test pieces on some leather.
All systems are go whenever you guys are ready. Fletty, I don't think Shane was going to use leather.
Just a cautionary note. Although this is an industrial machine it's not a walking foot.
It will handle a couple of thicknesses of upholstery grade leather but will struggle with anything thicker.
It will easily do multiple layers of fabric or heavy duty exterior stuff (I don't know what its called) or shade cloth type fabric.

[fletty]

There's an upholsterer near me who's pretty good if you want to outsource

Thanks Nick,
my cushions are to go with the chairs in this thread.....

https://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/ch...t=Fletty+chair

..... because, before I had finished the chairs (yup, LAST YEAR!), I took a seat frame and the first finished chair to my local upholsterer to make 8 leather cushions to suit. Luckily I checked the price before he started because the quote was $4,000!

I have sulked about it for a year but NOW is the time to reclaim my mojo and DO IT MYSELF (BTW, in this case, "MYSELF" = Tony, Shane .... and most of the forum!)

fletty

[shanesmith80]

Time to hit youtube and try get some hints on sewing.

[fletty]

Time to hit youtube and try get some hints on sewing.

We won't have to join the quilters forum will we ?

[NCArcher]

Comprehensive* lessons included.




(*Means I will point to the bits I'm pretty sure are the ones you should push, pull, turn or whack to get fairly close to the desired outcome. )
(No responsibility will be taken for you actually sewing your hand, or any other part of your body, into the item.)

[NCArcher]

We won't have to join the quilters forum will we ?

This machine might be a bit of overkill for quilting
It's a very manly machine for sewing things like boat covers or ute tarps.

[shanesmith80]

Ok fletty, I have the foam, material cut to size, cotton and enough bandaids and iodine.

Time to get our stitch on!!

[NCArcher]

Since I last posted I have managed to acquire a better sewing machine, at a really good price
The new one IS a walking foot machine and I have purchased appropriate needles and heavy duty thread to sew just about anything. I gave it a run on a 12mm stack of leather last night and it sewed it with ease.
I also have lighter needles and thread so we are good to go, again.
I transplanted the quality servo motor from the other machine onto this one so we also have better control and can sew at very low speeds. Perfect for enthusiastic noobs.

[fletty]

AND, to continue the Forum Fostered Festival of Fabric Fixing (F⁵) I have.....

• purchased a full hide of upholstery leather
• one (of 8) seat frames fitted with webbing and foam
• arranged to borrow Crowies foam cutter/saw/thingo
• cleaned up an appropriate area of my shed in case that is an acceptable place to perform F⁵
• in which case, if it is to be at Fletty's Farm, it would be F⁷?

fletty