Quality Custom Upholstery, Slipcovers, & Sewing in Salem, Oregon


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Winters Sewing

1111 Elm Street NW

Salem, Oregon 97304

Fabric Repairs

Repairing Damage to the Fabric Cover

Type of Damage

  1. The seams have come loose, none of the fabric is ripped.
  2. The fabric has unravelled at the seam.
  3. There is a hole or rip in the middle of a fabric section.

Repair Methods.

For seams that have come loose (unsewn)

Repairs

there are many types of repairs needed to upholstered furniture. Here as some of them

Job Schedules

How Long Will It Take?

A common question is "how long will my job take?" That is a reasonable question.

Pattern Matching

Types of Fabric Pattern Matching

Upholstery fabrics come in a variety of patterns and designs, such as plain, all over designs, stipes, plaids, bouquet designs, geometric, random, continous stems, or even a mixture of several of these. Many upholstery materials do not require any matching, while others won't look good if they aren't matched. Still other fabric patterns can look good matched or unmatched. Whether the upholsterer matches those fabrics will depend upon the client's preferences.

Policy & Information for Interior Designers and Decorators

To help our working together go more smoothly and to avoid misunderstandings, we have written our this page as a guide for how we work with Designers and Interior Decorators.

Available Services to Designers

  • Upholstery

  • Slipcovers

  • Upholstered Cornices

Shipping RV Cushions

Shipping Cushions with New Foam

If you want us to make new RV cushions, including new foam, you have 3 basic choices of how to ship themimage

How to Measure an RV Cushion

To measure the size:

For us to make your RV cushions the correct size, you must either ship one of each size to us, or you need to measure them for us. To get a good fit, you need to give us very accurate measurements. This article will tell you how to measure the cushions.

Determing Fit:

Measure An RV Cushion

Determining Cushion Thickness

To determine the thickness of the foam inside the cushions, first, unzip the cushion and see if it has any pillow wrap (a white fluffy stuff) on the top and bottom of the cushion. (most RV cushions do not have any, the only thing in the cushion cover is foam.) Assuming that there is no pillow wrap inside the cushion cover, measure the cushion thickness like this:

Working With Leather

Pricing, ordering, and working with leather jobs is a little more involved than working with fabric. Here is how the process goes and what we need to know from you:

 

1. Because of the extra work with working with odd shaped & hard-to-work-with leather, the labor on working with leather is a little more that working with fabric. As you might get from looking at the cost involved, reupholstering in leather will cost at least several times as much as working with fabrics. To proceed, here are some questions and info: