How Do You Make Camelback Sofa Slipcovers?
If you love hand crafted one-of-a-kind furniture but can not afford the high price tag of buying new, you may want to consider buying a used one from an antique store or thrift store and recovering it yourself. With the focus on retro style these days, an artisan style contemporary camelback sofa would look lovely in any home. Remove the old fabric from the sofa. You can use the fabric pieces as a pattern to create your new slip cover if you remove them carefully. If you want to plump up the fold foam, you can either totally replace the foam or wrap the foam with batting and staple it to the wood frame by turning the sofa over and securing it with staples to the back underneath side of the sofa. Measure and cut fabric pieces for both the front, sides and back of the sofa. Remember when you are cutting the fabric for the back, follow the same curve of the sofa so that the cover will fit correctly after it is sewn. Electric scissors work best to cut upholstery fabric due to the thickness
