If you can't make it to...
If you can't make it to Dublin, you can watch it here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UWFz9WheOA
That sounds like a lot but...
That sounds like a lot but that kind of sewing goes pretty quickly.
I have not reupholstered an egg chair (yet) but I've done a lot of this same hand sewing on other pieces and I actually like doing it. I prefer the look of it over the alternative, which is that metal Ply-grip stuff or Curve-ease or whatever it's called, but usually it's not cost-effective to hand stitch. I like when it is, though.
There's a thing that writers do when describing a craft that is foreign to most people, and that is to reduce some aspect of it to sheer numbers. The hand stitching isn't so remarkable because of the number of stitches, it's remarkable because it takes practice and skill to get the tension of the fabric just right and to make the stitches uniform in size. Puckered fabric or stitches would ruin the whole effect.
This impressive numbers thing hit home years ago when I was at a quilt show and stopped to read the artist's statement on one of the prize-winning quilts. A docent seized the moment and started droning a prepared speech about the quilt: it had X number of stitches of quilting, X inches of thread used in quilting (both really huge numbers), and blah blah blah, as if that made it a great quilt. The quilt itself was horrifically boring and unimaginative in design and use of color. Craftsmanship was not enough.
Anyway, sorry for going on. I just hate it when writers do that.
You're good.
Interesting writing that covers the ground is never too long -- in my view !
Here in San Francisco, fifteen or more years ago, I saw a Panton Cone chair that had been reupholstered -- in bright red -- by a local hand. It was flawless. I was impressed. I could track down the name if anyone needed it, I guess . . .
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