Raymond Mackenzie Up in Scotland sent me this photo of his wing chair cover.
Raymond is an upholsterer with a thriving business up in Scotland. He was a little apprehensive about joining my training tutorials, but he told me he has always struggled when it comes to tailored covers. He’s not the only one. But look at his wing chair cover. He totally nailed it.
The most common thing I hear from upholsterers is “I hate doing covers. They take too much time. If I can’t talk my customer into reupholstery then I don’t bother.” This seems to be the feeling from most upholsterers!
Anyway, back to Raymond.
So, I said to Raymond, “I promise, you will learn to like doing covers once you learn my technique.” I think he pondered for a week or two then decided to join and well what can I say, this is his first attempt at a tailored cover using my technique. To be quite honest, I don’t think he could of picked a more difficult chair. This is absolutely first class workmanship. And, I really cannot express the difficulty level in this chair but as you can see he has totally nailed it.
I say the same thing to everybody who is skeptical. “If you can sew, I 100% guarantee I can teach you to make tailored slip covers.” Or, if you have a machinist who works along side you, I can teach you to template and your machinist can easily follow the making up process.
Here is Raymond’s glowing testimonial
As an upholsterer who has spent his entire working life in the trade I can highly recommend Paul’s course. Although I occasionally did loose covers, I really struggled with them and I found them to be fiddly and time consuming. I subscribed to Paul’s course at the beginning of the UK lockdown. And, it has transformed the way I think, pattern, cut and sew for loose covers. The benefits of his course really become apparent when you physically put them into practice. Just my honest and reasonably educated opinion. 🙂👍
Raymond Mackenzie
I am very proud of my students as they are really taking the time to learn and take action. If you want to see some samples of my projects, check out my business website and see for yourself.