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Upcycled: The rocking chair was purchased at a yard sale for 5 dlls. The joints were all lose. The upholstery was moldy and the inner springs were rusty; a few of them broken. I had NO experience whatsoever with reupholstery. I didn't even know the names of lots of the parts and materials I would be dealing with (English not being my native language) so I got several books from the public library and studied the subject until I decided the minimum tools and materials I'd need to buy for the project from an upholstery website (new springs, tacks, tape).

Tha canvas is upcycled from a shoe storage hanging contraption I bought for $1 dll at the same yard sale. Aided by a seam reaper, I took it all apart, washed it and ironed it so I could use the sturdy canvas for my project.

I designed the cats and embroidered them having in mind our cat Amelia would be the one using this rocking chair the most.

It was a fun and time consuming project. I took the chair apart almost completely (library books guiding me) and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to put it back together. I did not own nor wanted to buy any of the heavy duty tools used for reupholstery so my hands suffered a lot of beating and were pretty rough for a while.

The wood was not in great condition and it seemed that the chair had been reupholstered at least a couple of times because there were pieces of broken tacks or nails incrusted in the wood that I couldn't get out. Hence the somehow crooked lines of tacks (there were spots were the tacks wouln't go in).

This is a totally amateurish project but I enjoyed it. It doesn't look professional but, hey, we love it, and Amelia does too. And it cost so little and we recycled as much material as we could!

Green Wolf's - Elegant Junque Reflections Holiday Art Gallery.

Works of art by previous artisans featured in our Bi-Monthly Art Exhibit.

All works of art are for sale and range from $40 and up.