Isolate the piece of furniture that is going to be reupholstered. If this is a larger piece, break down the furniture into small pieces.
Wrap the fabric, wrong side facing out, around the piece and using pins to hold the fabric together and mark how the piece should be sewn.
Remove fabric from the piece and sew in the designated areas.
Trim fabric as desired and wrap the fabric, right side facing out, around the piece. Leave excess fabric along the bottom.
Using a hot glue gun, fold over the fabric to hide the edges and keep in place. This step is optional.
Secure with a staple gun. If the last step was foregone, make sure to fold the fabric to hide the edges in this step.
Put furniture back together as desired.