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bigblueok
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Aug 15, 2013

recovering sofa

Anyone ever recover their sofa in an easy way?

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  • I did the cushions from a TC I had a lot of years ago. Tore one apart to get the sizes of all the 'parts'. It really wasn't that hard and I've got hours only on a sewing machine. The worst part was how heavy the material was when there were multiple layers, a heavy duty commercial machine really would have helped.

    A real easy way would be a throw to cover it with.
  • It really is easy to do. Take some junk fabric to make a pattern with. Got that far and realized that yours is probably different than ours. I live too far away to drop in and help you.
  • Some Night School classes offer Upholstering as one of the courses. Other useful NS courses are Cabinet making and repair and Learning to sew draperies .
  • My brother-in-law removed his sofa from his RV and took it to an upholstery shop. The upholstery shop told him how much fabric he'd need, then he went to a fabric store and bought the fabric himself. Turned out nice!

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