Over time, sofa cushions and back pillows show wear and tear that cannot be fixed. Sofa couches are expensive to replace, so current movements to re-use and re-cycle may have a message for you!
If you are lucky enough to be able to remove and launder your sofa cushion covers and back pillow covers, you have already extended the life of your couch by years! But, inevitably, the current cushion and pillow fabrics grow tired, faded, or show too many fabric pills (small ball of fibres that forms on a piece of cloth from wear), and it is time to invest some time and energy into getting new fabric or a whole new sofa.
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You can look for a re-upholsterer near you (always an option), but you may be surprised to find that even your sofa can be renewed online. Fabric manufacturers now make their custom sewing work available through online web retail stores, particularly sellers of futon covers and bedding collections. Some of our finest American fabric manufacturers collectively offer thousands of fabrics from which to choose, including fabrics from top designers, at pretty reasonable prices.
Does the upholsterer a mile away have a thousand fabrics at his or her disposal to offer to you? Probably not, but web retail stores do because they can work directly with many large and small fabric manufacturers to bring you 1000 fabric choices every day in simple prints, twill fabrics, complex and elegant designs, and intricately woven fabrics. Upholstery fabrics comprise about 25% to 40% of the offerings, in a variety of price categories.
These are not fabric mills, that actually weave the fabrics, but custom shops located all over the United States, where sewing workers are paid living wages with good working conditions and real health coverage! They market their fabrics through web retailers like futon cover businesses, who are already in the business of offering well-sewn and constructed fabric products.
Many people do not realize that the best of these web fabric retailers will be happy to handle your custom order! Whether you purchase from their selection of fabrics or ship fabric off that you have previously purchased, they can have it sewn to your specifications! Whether you need draperies, chair covers, ottoman covers, sofa or bed pillow shams, duvet covers, bed caps, or entire bedding collections, custom sewing with every conceivable "frill" is a phone call away (for example, flanged, knife-edge, or boxed style pillow shams, piping, railroading, etc.)
Because only the finest quality sewing manufacturers offer custom work, you are guaranteed high quality workmanship and top grade fabrics. Manufacturers of pre-sewn fabrics imported from sweatshops in the Far East do no custom work, nor do their products carry the workmanship warranties that guarantee that the money you spent was worth it.
Once you have spent some time looking through the thousands of fabric offerings, you may want to purchase fabric swatches (inexpensively) to ensure that the colors and hues that you see on your computer monitor are not simply glitches in your monitor settings. There is nothing like having the actual fabric in your hand and in your room to test it with the colors already there.
You can even use PayPal to pay for the entire cost of the custom work!