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Sofa Cover Fabric

Fabric To Reupholster Sofa

from €23.98

Reupholstering your sofa is no small task, but it can give your worn sofas a new lease of life. There are...

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    Handmade item

Customised Sofa Cover Fabric Features:

  • Range of several couch cover fabric options
  • Different weights and characteristics
  • Suitable for fashion garments and DIY projects
  • Made to order
  • No minimum order
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3” printed squares of our entire fabric range, to see and feel the quality.

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Order a sample of your design, or choose our pre-designed colour charts.

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Whatever your reason for changing your couch cover fabric, create something unique and just perfect for your decor, with personalised sofa cover fabric.

Upload your photos images or texts to our online design tool, and create your own sofa cover fabric in a choice of materials. Browse our range or medium and heavy weigh fabrics, hand selected for use with furnishing and upholstery and find the perfect textile for your customised couch cover fabric.
  • Choose from sofa cover fabric in different weights
  • Different look and feel for each couch cover fabric
  • Customised with your photos, images and text
  • Hand printed to order in our Bags of Love studio
  • Certified organic options available
  • Fire retardant options available
  • Personalised with your own design

Range of Sofa Cover Fabrics

Browse our range of sofa cover fabrics

  • Woven Canvas

    Woven Canvas

    • Max Print:
      1.57m
    • Weight:
      300gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.59m

    Heavy weight and stiff, non-stretch, matte and coarse

    Composition:

    100% polyester

  • Suede Vision  FR

    Suede Vision FR

    • Max Print:
      1.46m
    • Weight:
      250gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.48m

    Medium weight, soft and matte, non-stretch and non-fray, durable

    Composition:

    100% polyester

  • Dorchester Linen Look

    Dorchester Linen Look

    • Max Print:
      1.36m
    • Weight:
      231gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.38m

    Medium weight and coarse, stiff and matte, non-stretch

    Composition:

    100% polyester

  • Mayfair Herringbone Weave

    Mayfair Herringbone Weave

    • Max Print:
      1.43m
    • Weight:
      269gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.45m

    Heavy weight and soft, non-stretch and matte

    Composition:

    100% polyester

  • Archway Brushed Twill

    Archway Brushed Twill

    • Max Print:
      1.43m
    • Weight:
      290gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.45m

    Heavy weight and matte, soft with a brushed/knapped face

    Composition:

    100% polyester

  • Portobello Canvas

    Portobello Canvas

    • Max Print:
      1.45m
    • Weight:
      250gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.47m

    Heavy weight and coarse, non-stretch and matte

    Composition:

    100% polyester

  • Lima Cotton Twill

    Lima Cotton Twill

    • Max Print:
      1.47m
    • Weight:
      240gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.49m

    Medium weight and soft, non-stretch, smooth and matte

    Composition:

    84% cotton / 16% poly

  • Trafalgar Twill

    Trafalgar Twill

    • Max Print:
      1.5m
    • Weight:
      274gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.52m

    Heavy weight and non-stretch, soft and opaque, matte

    Composition:

    100% polyester

  • Velvet Shimmer

    Velvet Shimmer

    • Max Print:
      1.38m
    • Weight:
      371gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.4m

    Heavy weight, soft and stiff, non-stretch with a brushed/knapped face

    Composition:

    100% polyester

  • Poly Twill

    Poly Twill

    • Max Print:
      1.44m
    • Weight:
      200gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.46m

    Medium weight and stiff, non-stretch and opaque, matte

    Composition:

    100% polyester

  • Chenille

    Chenille

    • Max Print:
      1.45m
    • Weight:
      330gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.47m

    Heavy weight, soft and non-stretch with a brushed/knapped face

    Composition:

    100% polyester

  • Cotton-Linen

    Cotton-Linen

    • Max Print:
      1.38m
    • Weight:
      228gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.4m

    Medium weight and soft, non-stretch matte and opaque

    Composition:

    95% cotton 5% linen

  • Organic Half-Panama Cotton

    Organic Half-Panama Cotton

    • Max Print:
      1.47m
    • Weight:
      300gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.49m

    Heavy and non-stretch, stiff and coarse, matte and opaque

    Composition:

    100% organic cotton

  • Sara Linen blend

    Sara Linen blend

    • Max Print:
      1.38m
    • Weight:
      300gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.4m

    Medium weight, matte and stretchy, coarse and opaque

    Composition:

    96% polyester 4% linen

  • Cotton Twill

    Cotton Twill

    • Max Print:
      1.45m
    • Weight:
      213gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.47m

    Medium weight, soft and non-stretch, matte and opaque

    Composition:

    100% cotton

  • Marbled Velvet

    Marbled Velvet

    • Max Print:
      1.41m
    • Weight:
      220gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.43m

    Medium weight, soft and non-stretch, smooth and shiny

    Composition:

    face : 100% poly backing : 65% poly 35% cotton

  • Soft Velvet

    Soft Velvet

    • Max Print:
      1.42m
    • Weight:
      280gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.44m

    Heavy weight and soft, non-stretch and matte, smooth

    Composition:

    100% polyester

  • Bull Denim

    Bull Denim

    • Max Print:
      1.48m
    • Weight:
      400gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.5m

    Heavy weight, soft and stiff, matte and opaque

    Composition:

    100% cotton

  • Warm Leatherette

    Warm Leatherette

    • Max Print:
      1.27m
    • Weight:
      700gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.29m

    Heavy weight, soft and stretchy, fire retardant , matte and opaque, water resistant

    Composition:

    85% PVC 15% Polyester

  • Furnishing Leatherette

    Furnishing Leatherette

    • Max Print:
      1.28m
    • Weight:
      600gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.3m

    Fire rated and rub proof, a versatile upholstery fabric

    Composition:

    90% pvc 5% polyester 5% cotton

  • Chichi Furnishing Velour

    Chichi Furnishing Velour

    • Max Print:
      1.37m
    • Weight:
      280gsm
    • Roll Width:
      1.39m

    Short pile makes for a super soft fabric, scrim back, opaque with slight sheen

    Composition:

    100% polyester

Care instructions

Wash at 30°c, low tumble dry heat, hang to dry, do not wring, low heat iron.

  • Wash At 30 Degrees
  • Wash at 85 Fahrenheit
  • Tumble 1
  • Low Heat

What is Sofa Cover Fabric?

While the principle of sofa cover fabric is pretty self explanatory, many of you may be wondering why you would want fabric to cover your sofa; by this we aren't referring to a blanket or a piece of fabric that will drape over your sofa, think more the fabric that your sofa is made out of. There are many reasons that you might want to give your furniture a new design and with us you can design fabric to reupholster sofa covers. Maybe your current ones are a little tired, or perhaps they don't match your decor anymore. If you have made the investment in your sofa already, you might not really want to start all over again, especially if your current one is fine when you get down the bare bones of it, especially if it's the perfect size and shape for your room. Reupholstering your sofa can unearth some beautiful features such as areas that are wooden, which you may decide to keep on display, and most importantly it keeps your furniture out of landfill. Give your sofa a new lease of life with personalised sofa cover fabric. 

Sofa Cover Fabric Printing and Finishing

All sofa cover material is digitally printed in full colour, bonding your fade-resistant personalised design to the couch cover fabric. You can choose to have your sofa cover print fabric hemmed with either a folded hem using a straight stitch or with an overlock hem. You may prefer to have your couch cover fabric sent as it comes from the printer, or have the white edges removed and have it "cut on the line". Whichever you prefer, the choice is entirely yours.

In regards to Cotton Linen please note that occasional small white dots may occur. This is where pieces of cotton fluff have been removed revealing unprinted white base material. This is both normal and unavoidable but won't compromise your detailed design.

Print Guideline

  • DPI-Print Guideline Icon

    What's the best resolution to print in?

    All of our fabrics are printed at 200dpi. This works for us as it combines a great quality as well as a good file weight. In order to avoid resizing and interpolation, we recommend that you scale your image to 100% at 200dpi. Our design interface works with a traffic light system that acts as a quality marker for your designs. This will show you whether the resolution is too low for printing. When you re-upload your design with a highest resolution, the traffic lights will change colour, showing you're good to go. A message will pop up alongside the traffic lights to let you know if the resolution is too low or if you have a good quality image. 

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    Will my image be scaled to fit?

    Your uploaded design will automatically be scaled to fit the size of fabric you've chosen. You can change the dimensions of your fabric by amending the measurements on the ‘Product Options’ tab, under ‘Print Size’. To see how this fits with the dimensions of your image/design, you can refer to the ‘Images & Text Tools’ tab under 'Quality Information'. Here, you will be able to edit the dimensions of the image.

  • RGB-CMYK Print Guideline Icon

    Should I choose RGB or CMYK?

    We always recommend using an RGB colour space when you upload your images. More specifically, we suggest using the sRGB image profile, to achieve best colour results. This will need to be done in your editing software: choose RGB as the working space, and assign the image profile as sRGB (full name sRGB IEC61966-2.1).

  • Print-Roll Length Fabric Guide Icon

    Is there a maximum length I can print on?

    There is no length limit for most of our fabrics. Our preview design window is set up to display a maximum of 10m to help you visualise the print, but that doesn't mean this is the print limit. If you'd like to order more, you can increase the quantity (x2 for 20m or x4 for 40m for example) and order as much as you'd like. Larger volumes will receive an automatic discount too. While the fabric length is nothing to worry about, each individual fabric will have a maximum width side: these can be found on the fabric's page information or in the design interface. 

  • Borders-Print Guideline Icon

    Should I add white space for borders or cutting onto my design?

    Yes, that will help you when it comes to cutting or framing your printed fabric. We recommend always adding a little extra space for borders into your purchased fabric size. When we print your materials, or send out fabric samples, we typically trim squarely around the fabric, leaving approximately 5mm white space. Cutting neatly on the line has an additional fee.

  • crocking-Print Guideline Icon

    What is crocking?

    Crocking is the term used to describe fading along the creases in a fabric. It typically can occur after constant washing or heavy use of digitally printed natural fabrics. Crocking can be minimised by hand washing your fabrics at a cooler temperature, rather than machine washing. If you want to make sure there's no chance of crocking, we'd suggest you use a poly fabric. 

  • organics-Print Guideline Icon

    Is it normal for colours to appear lighter on organic fabrics?

    Yes, our organic fabrics don't have an additional coating like non-organic fabrics have, which means it absorbs the inks deep into its fibre and reducing the colour strength slightly (this can be approximately -40%). If you would like a bolder, more vibrant colour for your fabric, we would suggest using a non-organic fabric. 

  • Transfer-Print Guideline Icon

    Can I supply my own fabric for you to print onto?

    Unfortunately not; all of our fabrics have been tested meticulously to ensure we know exactly how to get the best results, and our facilities cater perfectly to them. If you are set on a fabric we don't offer, we can offer custom printed sublimation paper to order which will allow you to heat press your designs onto your own fabrics.

  • Jpeg-Tiff Print Guideline Icon

    Which is a better image format: TIFF or JPEG?

    If your design is simple and less intricate, a JPEG will be absolutely fine. However, if you have created a design with multi-coloured detailing, we would recommend saving your design in a TIFF format. 

  • Shrinkage-Print Guideline Icon

    Will my material shrink during printing?

    Similar to other fabric printing processes, shrinkage can occur. The amount of shrinkage will depend on the fabric, but as a general rule of thumb, please allow for 2-8% shrinkage when working out your measurements. Shrinkage is not an exact science, and the amount of shrinkage will vary from print run to print run. We'd always suggest ordering a little more than you need for your project. 

  • Print-Both Sides Print Guideline Icon

    Can I order double sided printed fabric?

    Many of the fabrics we offer are semi-transparent, so printing on both sides of the fabric is not a service we offer. 

  • Labels-Print Guideline Icon

    Can I order labels in a different fabric? Are the labels cut like normal fabric labels?

    At the moment, all of our fabric labels are printed on satin fabric. For now, we believe this is the best choice, but will potentially introduce other options in the future. All labels are cut to the same label format. If you would like to choose a different fabric and format for your labels, you could always order a sheet of the fabric of your choice to create labels yourself. 

  • Eco friendly Printing

    How do you print your fabrics in an eco-friendly way?

    Our fabrics are printed with water-based inks as environmental consciousness is always front of our minds. Water-based inks include no chemicals or solvents, and our printing process uses heat to fix colours and patterns into place to avoid excess or contaminated water returning into the water system (this is something that can occur through steaming). All printing, fulfilment and production is done in-house, and rather than rolling the fabrics or sending them in a tube, you will receive your material folded up. This amounts to 150 tubes saved a week, as well as much more space on the delivery van for more orders. (For delicate fabrics we make sure to package appropriately).

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    Will there be slight colour differences between my orders?

    Although very rare, there could be a slight colour difference from one print run to another. This is a normal part of the printing process, however we are always working to improve our colour profiles. It is unlikely that the difference in print runs will be hugely different (for example, it's unlikely your orange is suddenly going to be red). The likelihood of colour variations can be intensified fabric to fabric due to materials having different grains and textures; natural fabrics typically have more muted colour tones, while poly alternatives have a bolder hue. This is because the construction of the material is different, and the printing method has to be altered slightly for more delicate, natural textiles.




Sizing For Hemming And Shrinkage

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Our full cut & sew service at Bags of Love can be used to your full advantage. We even offer hemming for your fabrics at a small additional cost. Our hems are created with a one or two cold hem that typically uses around 5 to 20mm of fabric (depending on the thickness of your chosen material). Please bear this in mind when you are ordering your printed fabric with hems: If you would like your finished piece to be 100cm x 100cm, change your dimensions to 101.5cm instead to allow space for your hems (you will also need to include additional for potential shrinkage). The thicker the fabric, the bigger the hem will be. Your printed fabric will be hemmed with either Black or White thread. If you are ordering a lightly woven material or a printed silk, you will find that one hem will be straight, while the other slightly rippled.  The hemming material allowances are as follows and you need to make your print bigger to accommodate the hem:

  • Light Fabrics (20-100gsm): For silks and other light fabrics, we use 6-8mm in the hem (2 fold), so overall width/height will be minus 12-16mm
  • Medium Fabrics (101-200gsm): For medium-weight fabrics that fray, we use 15-20mm in the hem (2 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 35-40mm
  • Stiff/Heavy/No-fray fabrics: we use 15-20mm in the hem (1 fold) so overall width/height will be minus 35-40mm
All of these measurements can vary and should only be seen as an approximation. If you allow for hems and slight shrinkage, it can add a fairly significant amount to your ordered dimensions, so please make sure to consider these things prior to ordering. Depending on how open the weave is, our fabric can shrink anywhere from 2% to 8% with the average being 2.5%.
 

Choose From Three Finishes

We have three finishing options available:
  • As it comes: We simply cut around your image with scissors - leaving a perhaps uneven white border.
  • Hem with thread: We can offer your fabric hemmed with a black or white thread. This will add an additional 1-2 days of production time to your order. Please refer to the dimensions above to gauge how the hemming will affect the size of your print. You will have a choice of an overlock hem or folded hem (one or two fold depending on the fabric) however not all fabrics are suited to both hem types. In the design interface, you will be able to see which options are available to you. If you can only see one hem available, this means that this is the only suitable hem for this material type.
  • Cut on the line: Rather than our 'as it comes' option, we will cut neatly on the edge of your design against the grain of the fabric. If you have a border around your design we will cut around that border. If the design takes up the whole fabric, we will neatly cut around the edge of the image. Cutting against the grain is standard for fabric cutting, and as such lighter materials such as Georgette or Mulmul will have a slight wave in them, and some fraying may occur.
All of our fabrics are carefully hand cut. It is not always possible to maintain a perfectly straight cut for certain fabrics, so please bear this is mind if you see your edge has a slightly uneven look or a little fraying. This is not a flaw in the material. If you have any queries or would like to know about our cutting methods in more detail, please get in touch and we will be more than happy to discuss them with you.

For further information about our fabrics see our FAQs

Please note: As everything we provide is handmade to order, you may find a slight variance in the sizes. 

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