I felt ambitious this weekend.  As you know, I had nothing else to do, so I decided to give upholstery a shot!  When I found this chair at a local thrift store I thought it may have potential.  Until I thought of how it would look covered in Moda’s 54” RED polka dot fabric and I knew it had to be mine.  (Thank you Moda!!!)  The fabric arrived on Friday night and I stayed up... a little later than I had planned and got to wake up to this pretty sight on Saturday morning. 

Before Friday I had knew absolutely nothing about upholstering.  I’d never so much as upholstered a piano bench or seat cushion.  Well, a google search and a trip to Joann’s later, here she is in all her glory (can you tell I’m proud?):

Since I learned a lot while tackling this project, I thought I would share the most valuable information I learned in my first attempt at upholstery: