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Upholstery Immersion

  • All levels
  • 17 and older
  • $450
  • 24 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain, MA
  • 30 hours over 10 sessions

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  • $450
  • The Eliot School @ 24 Eliot St, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
  • 30 hours over 10 sessions
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Class Description

Description

What you'll learn in this furniture class:

Learn to upholster with a project all your own.

Join a shop away from home, with tools, mentorship and community.

In this open-format class, there is no set curriculum. Instead, the instructor will circulate throughout the classroom,  giving upholstery instruction at all levels.

Start with a dining chair or ottoman (large chairs take more than one semester). Bring your piece to the first class.

We have limited storage-space on-site, so love seats/sofas/chaise lounges cannot be accommodated.

Never done upholstery before?  You'll get the most out of this class by starting small, such as with a footstool, ottoman, or fabric-backed dining chair.

Larger projects, such as armchairs or wing-back chairs will require more than one semester to complete (smaller pieces may as well).  We ask that you work on a single project at a time, and tag your pieces with your name, semester, and phone number.  All projects will go home with you at the end of the semester.

INTERMEDIATE STUDENTS: You may prepare for class by stripping your furniture at home. Beginners may wish to strip furniture with supervision of the instructor.

New sections open each semester. Add yourself to our newsletter list to receive notice when our new schedules go up online.

Materials to bring to class:

Bring to the first class:

  • Your piece of furniture. Beginners will learn to strip furniture in the first class session.
  • Two dropcloths (old bedsheets work well): one to cover work surface, one to cover furniture in storage

*Please only bring a furniture item you are able to move on your own, or bring someone to assist you

Needed after the first class (Check with instructor in class before shopping):

  • Measuring tape
  • Good pair of scissors suitable for upholstery-weight fabric
  • Tack and Staple Remover (Tool #121)
  • Tack claw (Osborne # 202)
  • Magnetic hammer (Osborne #222)
  • 10" Upholstery shears (Osborne #684-10)
  • Ripping tool (Osborne #402)
  • Curved needles (Osborne #K-3)
  • Straight-point needles (Osborne # K-5)
  • Upholstery pins (Osborne #190)
  • 6-oz. Upholstery tacks
  • Marking chalk (Osborne #88)
  • Additional Supplies
  • The following will be discussed in class:
  • webbing
  • burlap
  • muslin
  • 1” or 4” foam
  • cushion foam
  • cotton batting
  • cambric
  • Italian Ruby twine – 1 lb. spool
  • spring-tying twine
  • spring nails
  • fabric: 5/32” welt

Refund Policy

We reserve the right to cancel or discontinue any class. When possible, we will schedule a make-up date for your canceled class. If you are unable to attend the make-up class, you may choose to receive a refund or tuition credit to apply to another class.

  • If you withdraw more than 11 business days before a class begins, we will refund 100% of tuition paid, minus the $20 processing fee.
  • We issue no refund or credit if you withdraw less than 11 business days before your class begins.

We do not refund tuition or offer "make-up" sessions for classes students miss due to their own circumstances.

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