Upholstery

[Frodo]

Seems my community is nudging me towards upholstery work, not really what I donor want to do but.. the library just gave me a contract for 30 seat backs

while I was at the library I was approached by 2 guys who want car seats recupholstered

I dunno guys, money looks good but it really is not want I want to do

[chuck123wapati]

 their  money spends too my friend. some times a new door opens we didn't know existed.

[fredk]

Are you comfortable doing this work? Can you do it?

I'm reminded of what an artist once told me. She usually did very 'avant-garde' work but she also did pet portraits and people portraits etc which she was good at but hated doing.  'So why do you do them?' I asked 'They pay bills and pay for me to paint what I really like' was her answer 

[Frodo]

It is to much like work.   
yes I can do it

Chuck cut out the BS. And told it like it is

It pays the bills

[chuck123wapati]

36 minutes ago, Frodo said:

It is to much like work.   
yes I can do it

Chuck cut out the BS. And told it like it is

It pays the bills

your wastin time, get back to work lol. then you can fish in the summer

[Frodo]

2 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

your wastin time, get back to work lol. then you can fish in the summer

 

[Hags]

I have the same situation with my golf course. I repaired a couple of golf cart doors, then they wanted all 72 doors modified. I did it, but wasn't really my ball park.

[Handstitched]

I can do upholstery, but  I never  call myself an ' upholsterer ' . When I did my first upholstery job, it was a daunting prospect  as I haven't done it before at the time , plus the customer wanted his MC seat pleated , yikes !! . But, like everything I have done in leather etc. ,  I figured things out  for myself ( with a bit of help from Mum on this occasion  ) , Dad was an upholsterer by trade in his day, but I wanted to figure things out myself, not to get an endless  historical " back in my day" lesson from Dad, God bless him , but I did show him the end result. 

But now, I have done many seats, repairs etc.,   I can say I'm getting better  at it. But I only take on the jobs that I'm confident in doing.

So @Frodo, hopefully,  the more you do it  the more enjoyable it becomes  and it may become another skill or another ' notch' on your belt .    And, I take 'before & after pics , they're like a confidence boost , for me anyway.  I still take on  other jobs that I hate, but as you say, they pay the bills  

HS