Deckchair revamp
RE- COVERING A DECKCHAIR FRAME BRINGS NEW LIFE TO AN OLD SEAT
you will need
An old deckchair 1.5m of striped 45cm-wide fabric of your choice (ideally with vertical stripes) About 20 upholstery tacks Hammer Scissors
1 Remove the old cover and nails from the deckchair, and then clean it thoroughly and treat the wood a day or so before you want to begin.
2 Lay out the fabric carefully on a table and place your deckchair frame upside down on top of it, with the grooves used to prop up the chair facing downwards (step A, right).
3 Start working at the wider end of the chair (where all 3 verticals bars line up each side). Lift the inner and outer bars out of the way, so that you’re working with the middle of the three (step B).
4 Feed your fabric underneath the bar and make a small fold of around 2–3 cm to prevent the end of the fabric from fraying.
5 Roll the fabric with your folded seam back over the middle bar.
6 Starting at one end, insert an upholstery pin on the underside of the bar. Hold it between two fingers and gently hammer it until it bites, then move your fingers away and hit it hard until the pin head is flush with the fabric (step C).
7 Next, put a second pin in the centre and repeat step 6, then put another one at the far end, and then fill in the gaps with more pins – you’ll find you use around nine or ten pins in total.
8 Fold the deckchair flat again and start work on the other (narrower) end.
9 Feed the rest of the fabric underneath the inner bar and trim off any excess fabric using the longest part of the chair as a guide (step D).
10 Fold over a 2–3cm seam, then fold it over the inner bar and secure it with upholstery pins as before, pulling the fabric straight and tight as you go (step E).
11 You might need to fold in the corners on each side to adjust the width to fit before tacking it down, as deckchairs can come in different sizes (step F).