Tips on upholstery for a Morris chair?

I would see about getting the leather http://www.4hides.com and foam yourself and see what the price would be. $1000 sounds very high to me. Is that the only upholstery shop in town? Locally, for my Mochairs I can get two cushions in a micrifiber with a 4” seat cushion and 2” back cushion with piping for $260. I would also suggest elastic webbing for the seats. Will add lots more comfort than a wood bottom.

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How about something like this, I picked up a leather coat from the second hand shop for about 5 bucks, stripped it apart and did this chair.

-- Dave- New Brunswick

A pair of Morris chairs are on my short list, so I’m very interested in this topic. I’ll probably sew them myself though. Part frugality, part learning how to upholster. If you search LJ’s for “morris chair”, you’ll get a lot of people to ask directly via private message. I’d post any results of the private messages here too, just for completeness.

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I’ve been searching for premade and replacement Morris chair cushions and have come up with nothing. I’m rather surprised no one does standard leather cushions for custom chairs and restorations. You might try American Bungalow.

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I am in the same situation. I did find this site that dose cushions to order, that is about all I know about them. I am thinking of building a simplified design of a morris chair and try them out.

CushionsXpress.com

-- Alex

I made a Morris chair last winter and made the cushions in a upholstery class I was taking. Not that hard if you have the right sewing machine. Got my plans including plans for the cushions from the woodmagazine.com web site. My suggestion would be to do a search for upholstery classes near you and either take a couple classes to do the cushions or talk to the instructor maybe he could have a student do them for you.

Paul

Thanks for the encouragement Paul. Do your cushions have piping?

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The seat cushion has piping but the back does not.

Paul

if you’re still watching this post, this is where I got the leather for my morris project. check frequently as inventory changes.

http://www.brettunsvillage.com/leather/sides.htm

-- Dean, Kinderhook, New York

I also made a Morris chair a year or so ago and had cushions made locally and they were only a few hundred dollars.

Check on Craig’s List or see if there is a sewing club or call the local high school or community college. I’ll bet there is someone who would love to make the cushions for you.

Domer