I googled "covering a wing chair" and it came up with a tutorial on u-tube.....but basically your going to take off the old fabric, use it as a pattern to cut out the new fabric,re-web it if it needs it, restuff it if it needs it,then sew the piping onto the winged sections, sew up the cushions(after matching the fabric)...then staple it all back together.

Here is a link that might be useful: This guy is gooooooooooood!

Do you live close to a local community college or does your park and rec department offer adult classes? Typically you can take a piece in and work on it and learn at the same time.

I have plans to attempt upholstery sometime this year and bought a book: Singer Upholstery Basics. It has nice photos and instructions.

Good luck with your project - take photos and keep us posted as you progress!

I have this one saved in my bookmarks. Hope it helps.

Here is a link that might be useful: Wingback chair

I have watched several tutorials on utube.....but I think I need more details. I will look at the Singer book. Is a regular staple gun suitable? (most of the videos look like they are using a pneumatic gun). I have sewing experience, but it looks like the only sewing involved is the piping and perhaps a mitred corner or two. I would LOVE to take a class, but work and life prevent that time commitment! :)

A regular staple gun will drive you crazy. You really need to apply pressure to get the staple to go in and that is very difficult to do over the whole chair. Remember that one hand is holding the fabric taut while the other fastens it to the frame. A lot of staple guns require two hands to use. One to push down and the other to depress it. You'd need a helper to hold the fabric in place for you.
I use old fashioned upholstery tacks and hammer. You can get them at Joann's. More time than a pneumatic stapler but kind of meditative for me :) If I had the money I would certainly buy pneumatic tools!
I've done seats for a pair of chairs and have just finished a slipper chair for my daughter's room. Using the tacks took less time than removing all of the old staples!
I checked out books from the library for a guide and then winged it :)
I love doing it, and there's a great sense of satisfaction when you see the end product...even if it's not perfect.

Does your chair have a loose cushion? "IF" it does, then you need to be able to sew the zipper in the cushion, pipe it and so on....if not...your right...not much sewing. I used a free after rebate hand held staple gun. I'm not doing it for a living....so I didn't want to invest much. Here are some chairs I did last year...

These videos look pretty good. However, they are not complete. I recommend watching them to get a good visual, then purchasing a book or 3. I got some excellent deals on used books from Amazon, under $10 each after shipping.

As far as a stapler goes, a manual staple gun will be a pain. If you don't want to invest in pneumatic, buy an electric staple gun. You'll probably have to finish driving the staples home with a hammer, but it's much easier on the hands than manual.

Good luck on your project!

Here is a link that might be useful: How-to Videos

If anyone here is a 'professional' upholsterer, you might not want to read this. LOL This is the 'technique' I used and the exact type of chair shown in the picture also. The 'fabric' I used was 2 tablecloths I purchased from Target in a sage/ivory check~~it was heavier than regular fabric. I purchased a sage green welting and hot glued that also. Friends couldn't believe it was a glue gun 'job' and held up even with a 13 year old 'abusing' it occasionally.

It worked out so well I re-did a Begere style chair which was a little easier since there were no covered arms.

IMO, this is even more appropriate if the chairs aren't in use every day. ;o)

This is not for the faint-of-heart.LOL

Here is a link that might be useful: hot glue technique

alex-I am not familiar with upholstery tacks. May look
into those!

nicole-yes, it does have a loose cushion, but I have made
many "box" cushions, and zippers and piping/cording
don't scare me! :-) Your chairs look great! And the
stripes match so well...good job!

woodsy-thank you for the videos. Yes, I need a book with
photos, will check the library first

pattycakes-tooooo funny! I have used that glue gun for
lots of things, never thought about upholstery though!

Thanks for all of the input.

Here is a pic of the old upholstery tacks in the first project I did. The double welt was hot glued over these, so it's done regularly in the real upholstery business. A lot of trim is glued on and it holds up really well, that's what I used on the trim for these chairs.

The finished chair...much easier than wing chairs :)

This is a blog I came upon when I was looking into having our sofa and loveseat recovered. It has a ton of info and lots of photos. HTH!

Here is a link that might be useful: Miller Upholstering Blog

Check out your library for Simply Upholstery and other books. They have lots of pictures that address the details, like what order to do things and what tools you need. And I second the post about using a regular staple, gun, even the electric doesn't work well in tight places - You need the pointy nose one. It really isn't hard especially if you can use the old fabric as a pattern.
Diane

I've used a stable gun for DR chairs, never the tacks~~they're too little to hold on to and hammer in. I initially stapled fabric to the glue gun 'project', but the rest was done with the 'almighty' glue gun. I can't imagine not having one, if not two!! ;o)