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Digital fabric printing making upholstery easier

25/5/2015

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While I was designing my pattern as described in my previous post, I was experimenting with some cheap fabric that I did actually buy from Spotlight as practice material.  I wanted to iron out (mind the pun) any problems by sewing some cushion covers with this practice material first before getting the real fabric design custom printed.

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Designing a fabric pattern

20/5/2015

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There was much to enjoy about making the cushion covers for the couch.  Moving on from plywood to work with another material, attempting to sew for the first time since I was in school, sourcing foam and finding a suitable fabric with a pattern that would match the frame.  I knew the cushions would make or break the whole piece of furniture.  I also wanted to explore the possibilities of digital printing onto fabric.

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Achieving rigidity

14/5/2015

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Plywood has a property that is very useful indeed for ensuring your pieces are rigid: it doesn’t have a preferred grain.

If you wanted an ‘L’-shaped section using solid wood, you would need to fashion two pieces and join them together.  With any joint, there is inherent weakness: it’s weaker than if it were a single piece.  With plywood of course, you can make this a single piece as it’s a sheet material.

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Bending plywood to lock parts together

24/4/2015

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With the right dimensions, it is possible to design a plywood piece which can only be put into position by bending it.  This can be useful in many ways for objects assembled with plywood pieces.

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    I'm Nicolaas, a software engineer with a creative streak.

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