(Japanese follows / 日本語は下に)
I thought about waiting until next @NeedleworkMonday but I couldn't help waiting it ... ;)
Actually the chairs are a copy of Cesca Chairs. We use them as dining chairs. I don't know why but my partner broke them one after another. He is lighter than German average or more like a slim person. Hmmm.
As three out of four chairs were broken, it's time to repair them. The last one in a OK condition is kept for me.
In the beginning I thought about reusing the seating part but I couldn't come up with a good idea. So I decided to completely replace it. I bought a wooden plate at a home center and asked them to cut it in the seat size. I removed two corners with a hand sow at the home center and filed the edges.
The foam is from a sewing store. Luckily I could cut it straightly with my regular home use cutting knife.
I sewed few parts with my sewing machine and wrapped the plate and the foam together. Pins were to make tension on the fabric.
An upholsterer's needle helped me a lot. It was away easier than to work with a straight needle, which I did when I upholstered my daughter's dining chair last year. But still a lot of pain on my fingers ... so maximum one upholstering a day ;)
The final part is to attach the seat with the other parts. I prepared holes with my hand drill. I should have done it before I cover the plate with the fabric as the drill rolled in the fabric. I made hole on the cover separately and drilled the plate.
It seems everything worked well. My partner likes the remodeled chair. I'll see how it works for few weeks and work on other two ... or three chairs.
すごいことになっていたダイニングチェアー、もうかえがないので重い腰をあげて直すことにしました。ドイツ人の平均よりも軽くて、スリムなお父ちゃんはどうやってこう壊していくのかわけがわかりません・・・。実際は徐々に穴が開いていくのですが、写真だけ見るとおならで吹き飛んだみたいな壊れ方ですよね。
もともとの座面を再利用することも考えたのですが、藤の素材が接着剤でくっついていること、厚みが出てしまうと座りにくいことからうまく再利用するアイデアが思いつかず全とっかえすることにしました。
素人仕事に見えないように座面にはきっちりテンションをかけました。今回は去年子供の食事椅子を直した時より縫う距離が長いこともあり、家具を直すための曲がった針を導入しました。この針のおかげで座面をはり切れました。指を酷使するので1日一脚が限界です。
そんなこんなで生まれ変わった椅子には満足していて、数週間様子を見て問題ないようだったら同じ方法で残り2脚・・・いや3脚も直そうと思います。いつ終わることやら。クリスマスが目標かな。
My past furniture repairing projects:
