How to Use Batting & Webbing for Dining Chairs

Attach the Webbing

• 1

  Remove the current seat cushion from the dining room chair so the frame is exposed. Use a flat-head screwdriver or pair of pliers to remove the staples or upholstery tacks holding the old upholstery in place.

• 2

  Discard the old upholstery, batting and seat-cushion foam.

• 3

  Turn the chair over so the bottom of the seat is facing up. Loosen and remove the staples holding the existing webbing in place on the underside of the dining room chair. Discard the staples and old webbing.

• 4

  Measure the distance from one side of the underside of the seat to the other side. Add 4 inches to the length to ensure you have extra webbing to fold over on each side. Cut adequate strips of webbing with scissors so you have enough to be placed at 2-inch intervals going side-to-side on the bottom of the seat area, as well as from the front to the back.

• 5

  Hold the first webbing strip 1 inch away from the corner of the chair's underside. Staple the webbing to the chair frame at 1-inch intervals, leaving an excess of 2 inches of webbing to hang free beyond the stapled area.

• 6

  Pull the strip of webbing over to the other corner of the chair frame, holding it taut with one hand. Secure the webbing to the other side of the chair with staples at 1-inch intervals, just as you did with the first side. Add more strips of webbing going side-to-side. Place them at 2-inch intervals and secure them using the same technique as you used with the first strip.

• 7

  Strengthen the foundation of the dining room chair's seat area by adding webbing going from front to back, so it's perpendicular to the first set of strips you installed. Secure the webbing in as you did in Steps 5 and 6 but weave each strip over and under the first set of webbing strips to form an interlocking grid.

• 8

  Fold the excess 2 inches of fabric at the end of each strip over the staples. Secure the extra webbing to the chair frame with a series of staples placed at 1-inch intervals. Repeat this step for each webbing strip.

Position the Foam and Batting

• 9

  Place your dining chair in an upright position. Lay a 1-inch thick piece of foam padding over the chair seat. Trim the foam padding with scissors so it extends approximately 1 inch beyond the seat area. This extra inch is pulled down to form the rounded seat cushion edges when you upholster your dining room chair.

• 10

  Set the trimmed foam padding on the seat area with scissors or a utility knife. Drizzle craft glue over the top of the foam padding.

• 11

  Place a layer of cotton, wool, or synthetic batting onto the glue-covered surface of the foam padding for extra cushiness on your chair. Smooth the batting over the foam to bond the surfaces together.

• 12

  Secure the seat cushion to the chair frame by stapling through the layer of batting and foam padding. Staple at 1-inch intervals to secure the seat cushion to the frame of your dining room chair.