We took a couple of days off recently and had intended to work around the house. Intended to…
On Friday we went to a local festival. The entire village has individual garage sales and a massive flea market too. Of course, sausages, deep fried onions, elephant ears, local sweet corn and fresh lemonade are callling to you the entire time. We call this “fair food”.
We picked up a couple of nice, old Singer sewing machines, a model 15 and a model 27. I’ll post those photos after I clean them up a bit. I also picked up a super cool vintage bun cutter - which I intend to try out soon. Dennis got a great deal on a railroad lantern and I picked up a 1930-ish cookbook.
On Saturday, we decided to take a little road trip to Michigan and stopped at an antique store. We saw this:
Pullman Revolving Seat Bed Davenport
We’d been looking for this type of sofa for a while. We found a loveseat that we purchased from a couple near Cleveland. Unfortunately, the pull-out bed had been removed. Still, it’s beautiful and looks great.
So we happened upon this full-size sofa for a really good price. Again, the bed frame had been removed. (Dang it!) It’s beautiful and in great shape. It needs to be reupholstered (the brown burlap isn’t working for me) but it’s really in great structural shape and the quartersawn oak is lovely.
Here’s my problem. The seat and back of the sofa are wider than the standard 54″ upholstery width. Directional fabric is based on that width so I can’t really turn it 90 degrees and use it that way. I’m not sure that I want to seam it (either down the middle or in two sections), but I don’t really want a solid color either. Anyy suggestions? I’ve never upholstered anything this large before. It’s straight pieces, so it shouldn’t be difficult — it’s just the fabric width that’s tripping me up.
Advice, please!
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