Queen Anne curves & SureFit (furniture covers)

16 years ago

I have a lovely Queen Anne sofa and loveseat that are in excellent condition, but the material is outdated. I'd like to do SureFit furniture covers. . .I can't think of the name of these, I know they aren't furniture covers. Slip Covers! Aw, that's it. Anyhow, I asked here about using a huge tropical scene painting in one of my rooms and someone suggested slip cover the furniture in creams or whites with a splash of turqoise to match the painting. My concern is this (finally!), my sofa and loveseat are both Queen Anne style, with a curved wood leg. The slipcovers seem to be made for furniture that doesn't have exposed "legs." Even if the slipcover accommodated the exposed leg, would it bunch outward over the legs curve? Am I even making sense? Has anyone used a slipcover for a QA sofa with exposed, curved legs? Did they work?

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teacats
16 years ago
Looking for some answers here too! :) I really can't afford a custom slipcover!

Used a basic loveseat slipcover that has ties on the back and on the arms to help it work (darker olive green velvet from Target) on our old loveseat in the bedroom. I did a LOT of tuck-and-tie-and-stretch but it is FAR from perfect! But it did help to cover it up and make it work for the moment ...... sigh.

Bet some smart company would make a profit by creating slightly stretchy slipcovers that would work for the camelback and curvy Queen Anne furniture ......

Jan
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johnmari
16 years ago
We used stretch-velvet slipcovers on our "leggy" Queen Anne settee and camelback couch - the first slipcover I got (a lovely 100%-cotton floral damask also from Surefit) would NOT fit, it slid around and bunched up despite screw pins, rubbery mesh "underlayments" and those thingies that slip down between the cushions and the couch back/sides. They were made by Surefit, although they're not on the Surefit website - there are several other stretch models on there though - I got mine at overstock.com. JCPenney also has some stretch slipcovers, and there are a bunch of web-based companies that make semi-custom ones. Google "stretch slipcover". The elasticized stretchy slipcover was able to surround the settee above the legs and stayed in place, I was able to mold the stretchy fabric over the cutback arms and camelback top reasonably well with only a bit of puckering and a few pins under the curve of the arm, and while there was some bagging in the back had I been less lazy I could have pulled the excess fabric underneath and stapled it to the frame.

I don't have any pictures though, we decided the setup wasn't going to work and replaced it with a small-scaled sectional - I'm now trying to sell the settee but may end up donating it to charity for the tax deduction.

I didn't use them but I did get some swatches from Stretch & Cover, in the soft canvas (which does come in white). The nice thing about those is that you can get separate cushion covers to match in most of their fabrics, which gives a much more tailored, custom appearance.

Magnaverde tailored a cotton Surefit slipcover for a scroll-arm camelback sofa with exposed legs by putting it on the couch inside out and sewing it to fit right on the couch, cutting off the excess, and then turning it right side out and putting it back on. He did it by hand but I'm sure it wouldn't cost much to have someone do the sewing part if you pinned it into shape with a LOT of sewing pins (like make a line with them). I found
on another thread. Looks like he stapled the fabric to the frame underneath in the front.
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sdionnemoore
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16 years ago
Thanks for the tip, johnmari, I'll check out both links.
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