extra in width being allowed for the stuffing, and sufficient length for tacking at the bottom as well as for lapping over the top and tacking to the back of the chair back. The two end channels are cut wide enough to reach around the ends of the arms for tacking to the sides of the frame. Since all the pieces are to be sewed together, % ш must be allowed for each seam, in addition to the 3 in. for stuffing. Courtesy Heatilator, Inc. Fig. 6.17. Upholstered furniture and a fireplace make a living room. In an upholstered chair, the muslin liner can be sewed to the chalk lines, starting with the middle channel. When both sides of the latter are stitched in place, the bottom can be tacked and the filling tamped down and regulated with an icepick (see page 358). Adjacent seams are sewed and alternate channels filled until the end folds are filled, stretched around the fronts of the arms, and tacked to the frames. The top edge can now be stretched down over the top edge of the frame and tacked to the back. If a muslin liner is being used, pieces with their UPHOLSTERY AND SEAT WEAVING folded under are tacked to the outside of the arms and over the back. The fabric cover is applied over the muslin in the same manner, except that it is blindstitched at the back and on the outer sides of the arms. Fig. 6.18. Filling the casing. When the woodenbacked barrel chair is being covered, the same procedure is followed, except that the channels are tacked directly to the staves. With a closewoven fabric covering, the muslin liner may be omitted, provided the stitches or tacks are closely placed, as in detail В of the drawing. Tufted upholstery. Another method of securing padding to a vertical surface is by means of fabriccovered tacks, geometrically sewed or tacked to give the padded surface a quilted effect. This is an especially popular effect in the head Cotton to be Feathered Fig. 6.19. Channeled back. 37° FURNITURE MAKING AND CABINET WORK boards of Hollywood beds and requires no particular technique other than a carefully .4 measured layout or pattern. Notes on the Upholstery of Large Pieces. An analysis of any large piece of upholstered furniture will reveal that its padded covering is the result of a systematic application of the basic principles discussed in the preceding paragraphs. The amateur upholsterer who is able to turn out a satisfactorily covered spring seat can with patience and foresight successfully upholster the spring back and padded arms of an "overstuffed" chair or sofa. This can be proved to the reader's sat isfaction by an examination of the upFlG' 6'20, holstered chair shown in the cutaway illustration in Figure 6.20. The wooden framework is indicated by (A); the webbing base by (В); (C) is the curled hair stuffing; (D) the tempered steel springs tied with eight stout twines in the 8knot tie, and covered with burlap (E); the second layer of stuffing (F) is sewed to the burlap and in turn covered by a layer of cotton (G); (H) is the outer fabric covering.