Tag Archives: craft and design

1920s Lampshade

Look at this lovely lampshade – so elegant in a most modest and restrained kind of way. I found it amongst a pile of lampshades discarded in favour of – nouveau retro - varieties. It would be a such a pity for it to be crushed… So here it is … Continue reading

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Upholstery Blogs

Just found this fab blog by Manda who bravely came all the way from the States to learn upholstery with us and was awarded a Distinction by AMUSF in the Spring. She’s included some great step by step reupholstery photos. … Continue reading

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Nearly Holker time again!

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Make Your Own Lampshades Workshops – Coming Soon

We’ve been running Traditional Upholstery Courses at Kendal Upholstery for many years now but recently people have been admiring our hand sewn lampshades and asking can we show them how to make their own. Last week we ran our first … Continue reading

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Weekend Workshop in Traditional Upholstery

  This weekend provided an opportunity for one student to reupholster a whole set of drop in seat dining chairs. The fabric came from the remnants at Kendal Upholstery and it was decided to use a different pattern cut for … Continue reading

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humpties trending now

Spotted humpties featured in trendsblog.co.uk follow this link to see http://trendsblog.co.uk/?p=18794

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