Upholstery for beginners - Sunday 13 July 2025 10am to 1pm, a 2 hour demonstration workshop with the last hour for discussing individual projects

Upholstery for beginners

Sunday 13 July  10am-1pm 
Reservoir Neighbourhood House, 2B Cuthbert Road, Reservoir
$15 booking fee 

Facilitator Kelly will be discussing and demonstrating upholstery basics in the first 2 hours of this session. And for the last hour, Kelly will provide participants with advice about their own projects - so bring along something you’d like to upholster and get some advice about where to start. Ideal for anyone wanting to get started in upholstery! This isn’t a hands-on workshop.

Kelly will cover the different ways you can tackle projects and the basic tools you'll need. You'll get a run through of different ways you can tackle projects. There will be lots of tips and tricks that will give you confidence to breathe new life into tired old pieces of furniture and get you started on a creative and rewarding, very addictive hobby! 

You’ll be shown:

• a range of hand tools - must haves for getting started.
• some different examples of furniture to see how to tackle basic upholstery projects 
• a range of webbing, dacron, foams, tacks and fabrics and how they’re used for different jobs
• how button covering and piping can add a more professional touch to projects. 

If you have an upholstery project you'd like to tackle, bring it in and Kelly will provide advice about where to start!

Facilitator Kelly Armati hosts creative workshops and jewellery popups in Coburg and has been flipping and upcycling rescued furniture for over 15 years. @shiner_creative_workshops

This workshop is limited to 20 adult participants. There will be a waiting list.

If you book and become unable to attend, please cancel your booking so someone on the waiting list can be offered a place. 

If you cancel 7 days or more before the event, we can offer a full refund.

Please email Jo via emaildhrh@gmail.com if you are not in a position to pay the booking fee.

Supported by the City of Darebin Community Grants Program.

Getting to the venue

• Reservoir Railway Station, on the Mernda Line, is less than 20 minutes walk to the venue. Alternatively, the bus routes 552, 555, 556 & 561 run from High St down Broadway and there is a stop a few minutes walk from the Railway Station on HIgh Street. See dot point 2 for the closest bus stop to the venue.
• Bus routes 552, 555, 556, and 561 run along Broadway and there is a stop near the intersection with Boldrewood Parade, which is less than 5 minutes walk to the venue (240m).
• If coming by car, there is a car park next to the RNH as well as street parking.