GOAL of workshop
GOAL 1. Complete making sofa
* Anyway, MAKE IT WORK.
GOAL 2. Get two skills through practice
(1) The skill of making slit
* Depth and angle of slit
* How to make beautiful slit
(2) The skill of tucking cloth into the sofa base
* Depth and angle of slits
* The touch of a right tucking
* Cloth tucking with no slack
GOAL 3. Confirm five know-how through work
(1) Adjustment of the size of cotton sheet
(2) Effect of stacking cotton sheets
(3) Order of spreading cloth
(4) Tucking of front part of an armrest
(5) Restoration of widened slit
ON THE DESKTOP
１．The things which you brought
Cloth, Scissors
２．Contents of the Kit
Sofa BASE, Sofa Legs, Textbook
３．Tools and materials to lend
Design cutter, spatulas, chalkpen, paper patterns,
Cotton sheets, double-stick tape, woodwork bond
PROCEDURE
１．MAKE SLITS
２．CUT THE COTTON SHEETS
３．CUT THE CLOTHS
４．STICK A COTTON SHEET
(When you use the cotton sheet at the cell)
５．SPREAD A CLOTH TO A CELL
６．PUT LEGS TO THE SOFA
７．FINISH
4.5 ～ 5 hours.
１． MAKE SLITS
* cut along a blue lines and red lines of the sofa base by a design,and make slits.
* cut 2 or 3 times at the same line, and make deep slit.
＜FRONT＞
＜BACK＞
＜BOTTOM＞
BLUE LINE
RED LINE
（NG） （GOOD）
２． CUT COTTON SHEETS
* cut cotton sheets with paper patterns
* If you like a swelling shape, stack cotton sheets
(Recommendation: triple stack for ⑥ and ⑦, double stack for ④ and ⑤)
* You can choose that you don’t use the cotton sheetfor cell ①,②,③,⑧,⑨ and ⑩.
*the cotton sheet is notused for cell ⑪.
３．CUT CLOTHS
* cut cloths with paper patterns
* there is no paper pattern for cell ⑪.(Use sofa base itself)
４．STICK A COTTON SHEET
* put double-stick tape on each cell.
* The double-stick tape glues the sofa base and cotton sheet together.
* Andhereby, cotton sheet don’t slip off when you are tuckingcloth.
* Stick a cotton sheet (or stacked cotton sheets) to a cell of sofa base.
* The outline of the cotton sheetshould be4～5mm inside of the slit.
* If the cotton sheet is too large, cut (adjust) it with scissors.
◎double-stick tape pattern（example）
＜FRONT＞ ＜BACK＞
５．SPREAD A CLOTH TO A CELL
（１）Cover a cell of sofa base with apiece of cloth, and check a position.
（２）Press cloth with fingers to keep tension.
（３）Tuck a side of cloth into a slit.
（４）Cut off the cloth which protruded
（５）Tuck in again
（６）Repaet (2)～(5) for each side
◎ Order of spreading cloth （example）
◎Order of tucking (example)
＜armrest＞ ＜back board＞
◎ How to tuck the cloth into the sofa base.
◎ Failure example
Troubleshooting :
Restoration of widened slit
It is easy to restore widened slit.
① Make a sliced chip of styrene board.
② Insert the tip into widened slit.
6. PUT LEGS TO THE SOFA
（１） Drill holes in four corners of the bottom
（２） Stab legs with woodwork bond.
（３） Inspect a wobble, and adjust it.
7. FINISH
Let me photograph your splendid sofa.
Thank you!
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