Are you a creative enthusiast and would like to try your hand at upholstery? Fellow upholsterer Robin and I have teamed up to offer various upholstery courses. At the moment, we run a course for a deep-buttoned footstool and a course for a flat top footstool. These courses are a great opportunity to learn some upholstery skills! It is also a lovely experience to share with friends or family members.
Gillian
"Fantastic 2 days of learning new skills and to go home with a professionally made piece of furniture an added bonus. I would 100% recommend this course."
Rhiannon
"Janneke and Robin were great teachers with their friendly and patient approach. I am delighted with the end result of the completed footstool and honestly can't believe I have managed to make an item that looks so professional."
Janette
"Janneke- thank you so much for today. I am so pleased with how the stool turned out. You were more than generous with your time, patience and sharing of your knowledge and experience."
Footstool
The footstool frame is made by local carpenter Ray from Gold Square Designs. It is a solid piece of furniture! The sizes are 90cm long and 50 cm wide.
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Materials and Fabric
All the materials and tools you need will be provided, including the footstool frame and legs.
You will need to bring 2 metres of upholstery fabric, ideally a fire retardant fabric, but it should be pliable enough to make the pleats.
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If you would like to use a contrasting fabric for the piping and buttons, you will need 1.5 metres for your top fabric, and 0.5 metres for piping and buttons.
What to expect
In our fully equipped workshop, we will guide you through your project from start to finish. The classes are small, so you will get plenty of guidance. The pace will be high, but we make sure there is also some time for a cuppa, chat and lunch.
What you will learn
In both foostool courses you will learn some foundational skills for upholstery.
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learn how to use the tools correctly and safely!
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With the deep-buttoned footstool course, you will learn how to make deep buttoned pleats and buttons!
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Learn how to finish off your footstool neatly!
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Learn how to layer your foundations​, with webbing, hessian, foam / ultraflex and dacron!
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In both courses, you will learn how to sew piping and add a border to the footstool!
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Key information
Good to know:
Buttoned footstool: 10:00am-4:30pm
Saturday and Sunday
Flat top footstool: 3 Tuesday evenings 6pm-9pm
Buttoned footstool course: £380, fabric not included​
Flat top footstool course: £310, fabric not included
Only bring your favourite fabric!
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Location is at the Flamingo Upholstery Workshop located on the first floor (stairs) :
Studio 16, 719a South Street, Kodac Studios, Glasgow
Class sizes are 4-5 people, so that you receive plenty of guidance and support
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Tea and coffee is provided, but please make sure you bring your own lunch for day courses.
(microwave available!)
* Please note that Flamingo Upholstery has a cancellation policy due to the small class size. Cancellations made within 1 week of your class are non-refundable. Cancel before this time for a full refund.
Check availability
​​Please enquiry directly to check availability and to book.
Our next flat top footstool course will run on Tuesday evening 22/09, 29/09 and 02/10
Our next deep buttoned footstool course will run on Saturday 10 October and Sunday 11 October
