DIY Miniature House & Furnishing for Beginners
Upholstering a Chair 1
A course by Wei ✦ Honey Thistle , Artist
About the video: Upholstering a Chair 1
Overview
“This step will take your miniature-making skills up a level, by combining wood and fabric. I will discuss the template I created for the chair and explain how to transfer it onto fabric. ”
In this video lesson Wei ✦ Honey Thistle addresses the topic: Upholstering a Chair 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: DIY Miniature House & Furnishing for Beginners. Learn how to craft a charming interior space by building furniture and accessories from scratch using accessible materials.
Partial transcription of the video
“For this lesson... We're going to create an upholstered chair together. You can find the templates as an attachment online, and I would recommend that you download it or at least use it to follow along. To create your own chair. So here I have all the wood template pieces cut out. and we're going to use the same cutting method to cut the wood pieces out. that is using the scroll saw. So just a reminder again, that the grain of the wood should run parallel or with the longest side of the piece. So for the lower back wood piece, it should run horizontally. Similarly for the upper back wood pi...”
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Course summary for: DIY Miniature House & Furnishing for Beginners
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Wei ✦ Honey Thistle
A course by Wei ✦ Honey Thistle
Wei Xu, or Honey Thistle as she’s known online, is a miniature artist from Toronto, Canada. She has always enjoyed making things, and first started posting her creations on a creative forum during high school. She experimented with everything from crochet bags to buttons and brooches before going on to study at business school. After working in the corporate world for a few years and running an Etsy shop part-time, Wei left her job to pursue her passion for craft. She began selling jewelry and small decor while creating small sets for animation as a hobby. But, after posting her mini furniture, plants, and other interior details on Instagram, she quickly attracted a community of followers.
Since then, Wei has worked with clients including Madewell, Pottery Barn Kids, Walmart, and Hunker. She has also been featured by Chatelaine Magazine, CBC Arts, and Buzzfeed’s Nifty.
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