Wednesday, July 21, 2010

How much fabric do you need for reupholstering?

I visited one of my favorite sites the other day called Little Green Notebook, and she had these AMAZING charts with how much fabric you need for upholstering certain types of furniture. I get a lot of questions about this, and since I am fairly new to upholstering myself, I had never seen such charts before.

I thought you readers would be interested to see how approximately how many yards of fabric is needed for reupholstering furniture.
Image found at Little Green Notebook.
Image found at Little Green Notebook.
Image found at Little Green Notebook.
Image found at Little Green Notebook.

Remember that when you are upholstering with a fabric with a pattern, you may need more fabric because of the repeat.

Thank you Jenny over at Little Green Notebook for compiling the above charts. 

18 comments:

tristie said...

this post came at the perfect time because i have an awesome chair from my grandma's basement I want to recover and I had NO idea how much fabric to buy!

kenda, personality of meh said...

i'm so glad you posted this. it'll definitely come in handy for some of my upcoming diy projects.

Tru@TRU TALES FEATS said...

Thanks for sharing this. This will be helpful if I ever decide to recover my chairs.

Shel at Dreamy Nest said...

What great info!!! I'm keeping this! Thank you!

Gloria Fox said...

Thank you so much!! Just what I needed!

momof3girls said...

thank you for the charts!!! It is so much better than guessing!

Pigeon said...

If you are ordering from Fabric.com, they also have these fabric charts on one of their sidebar links.

andrea said...

Thanks for info! I have a few projects and had no idea how much I was going to need!

the mairs said...

I LOVE this blog!! Have a question though... I have looked ALL over for ocean breeze spray paint. We have 2 Walmarts in Logan and neither of them carry it!

Erin said...

Thanks Brooke :) I will email you some pics of my dumpster chair when I get it finished! It could be awhile though, its my first attempt ;)

Anderson said...

Super, super helpful! Thank you!

Kim said...

Just a quick question: Is the yardage based on fabric that's 45" wide or 60" wide?

Tasha H. said...

I LOVE love LOVE your website! I am SOOO addicted! My house went from no decor hardly at all, because my hubby doesn't like me to spend lots of money on it, to being almost complete thanks to your thrifty ideas! You are a saint!

L i z a said...

Thanks for sharing, super helpful.

bonFlourish.blogspot.com said...

oHHHH so handy!! Thanks!!

Brooke said...

Great info to have. Just covered some bar stools...bagleyohana.blogspot.com...and now going to re-do a rocking chair from D.I.

Shelby said...

Thanks for the charts! Are these measurements for 54" wide fabric?

-Shelby
shelby.scheidt@gmail.com

Lynn said...

This is wonderful! I work at a fabric store and you wouldn't believe the number of people who come in and say "I have a couch I want to recover. How much material do I need?" How would I know?! I've never even seen their couch!! :) I may print this and take it to work...just in case. :)