Heya! It’s hard to tell from the image, but based on your description, it sounds like your back panel isn’t long enough, because when it reclines, it stretches out, and the velcro becomes unstuck. Try adjusting the length and cut a longer piece. Determine how much you will need by measuring the recliner while reclined.
This is why I encourage my students to NEVER use the existing patterns of their projects if you can avoid it. When you reupholster a piece of furniture, it is taking on a new shape with new, fluffier materials, and the older patterns, all stretched out and worn from use, will not fit the same way.
That may or not be the case with your project, but it was a lesson I learned early on. LEt me know if that helps!
I am working on reupholstering a Lazy Boy recliner – an older style with wooden arms. I am confused as to how to attach the back covering. I understand the top attachment and the use of metal tack strips on the upper part of the back. On the lower part there are side pieces that I need to attach somehow . They are partially attached to the cushion frame and then they velcro to the chair frame. In the pictures I’ve attached them as I thought they would go but when I put it on the chair frame & velcro the top part of the piece just hangs out loose. You’d have to push it in after every recline. I cant get it to work. Also for reference sake is there a name for these added pieces? Thank You!.
