Reupholstering newbie

How hard can reupholstering a chair be, I wondered.......let's just say I now have a new found admiration for professional reupholsterers.  It's a tricky beast but I got stuck in and had a go.

I was offered a 50's arm chair on Freecycle, described as a "wooden rocker that needed some attention" I was expecting a traditional rocking chair that maybe needed a bit of a rub down or fixing but no, we were faced with a bit of a nightmare.

Once I'd had a really good look at it I realised what a beautiful shape it was, very unique and full of potential.  

I stripped it back to its bare bones, trying to take photos at every stage so I could rebuild it properly.  All the wood was sanded back to rid it of the horrid varnish and the frame was glued and screwed back together for added strength.  I gave the bare wood a couple of coats of antique pine wax just to deepen the colour.

The upholstery side of things was more difficult, but after sourcing all the required seat webbing, back elastic, foam and wadding, I set to.  It was a real "work it out as you go" job but It came together.  

I didn't have enough of any one sort of fabric to cover it in and after spending a small fortune on the foam and sundries I really didn't want to go buy any thing else.   So I settled for a hotchpotch....the dark green velvet cord on the main chair body and back was given to me years ago and the fabric for the seat cushion was an end of roll from Dunelm Mill (normally £28.99 a metre but reduced to £2.99 as there was only a metre left on the roll).

The patchwork cushion is made from odds and ends from my fabric stash and I'm making a whole load of different ones for the main sofa (well that's the intention)

I love the finished result but won't be rushing to do it again.