How Do You Figure Fabric Yardage For Furniture?
Covering a piece of furniture with new upholstery fabric is a great way to breathe new life into an old piece of furniture. As long as the structure of the piece is solid, new fabric will make it appear to be brand new. When measuring your furniture to determine how much fabric to buy, remember that most upholstery fabric has either a bold or subtle pattern or a nap, which will require you to lay all the fabric in the same direction. Laying a napped fabric, which has a raised, soft texture, in opposite directions will make the fabric appear to be two different colors. Also realize that most upholstery fabric comes in 54-inch widths. This is wide enough to cover a chair, but will require you to piece together widths for a couch or loveseat. Have a paper and pencil on hand and record the measurements from each of the following steps. You will total the number later. All measurements will be recorded in inches. Take off removable cushions. Measure the total distance around a cushion, begi
