Made-to-size cushion covers are the cheapest way to change the look of a lounge or replace worn seat cushions without touching the frame. A workshop can sew scatter cushion covers in common sizes, fitted covers for couch seat and back cushions, and box cushions with welts, piping and zips, from your fabric or theirs, with new inners if you want them. Send us the sizes, how many and the fabric you have in mind, and we pass your request to upholsterers and sewing workrooms near you, who quote you directly. The request is free, with no obligation.
Scatter cushion covers and other cushion covers
- Scatter cushion covers: common sizes are 40 x 40, 45 x 45, 50 x 50 and 60 x 60 cm, plus oblong lumbar shapes. Plain, piped, flanged or with a fringe.
- Couch seat and back cushion covers: fitted to your existing cushions, with zips so they come off.
- Box cushions: a top, a bottom and a side strip (the welt), often piped, for couches, window seats and benches.
- Outdoor cushion covers in UV-treated fabric; see outdoor cushions.
Choosing fabric, closures and sizes
For scatter cushions you have the widest choice: linen, cotton, velvet, bouclé, even leftover fabric from a couch reupholstery job. Seat cushions need proper upholstery fabric with a good rub count, because they take all the wear. A zip lets you wash or replace the cover; an envelope back is simpler on scatters. Measure the inner, not the old cover. Most workrooms make scatter covers about the same size as the inner so it fills the corners, and a 60 x 60 cm cover suits a large couch better than a stack of small ones.
Inners, care and common mistakes
A new cover on a flat inner still looks flat. Ask about fibre or feather inners for scatters, and new foam wrapped in polyester fibre wrap for seat cushions; see upholstery foam. Common mistakes:
- Washing a cover that shrinks, then fighting it back onto the cushion. Check the fabric first.
- Pale linen on a north-facing couch, which fades fast.
- Ignoring the cleaning code on the fabric.
- Forgetting that patterned seat covers must line up across cushions.
What affects the price and what to ask a workshop
The price depends on the number and size of covers, the style (plain, piped or with a welt), zips, whether the workshop supplies the fabric and whether you want new inners or foam. Batches of the same size cost less each than one-offs. Ask:
- Is the fabric included, or is it my own fabric?
- Do covers have zips, and are inners included?
- Can you match a fabric already on my couch?
- Do you collect the cushions to measure them?
What to include in your request
- Number of covers and sizes in cm
- Scatter, seat, back or box cushions
- Your fabric or the workshop's
- Piping, zips or envelope backs
- New inners or foam needed
Cushion Covers Made to Size for homes, cars and businesses
- Homeowners and tenants: new scatter cushion covers and couch seat covers to refresh a lounge without recovering
- Restaurants, hotels, guesthouses and lodges: matching cushion covers in bulk for guesthouse rooms, lodge lounges and restaurant banquettes
- Offices and businesses: durable covers for reception couch cushions and breakaway room seating
- Car, bakkie and taxi owners: zipped covers for kombi bench cushions and camper van bed cushions
- Boats, caravans and 4x4s: UV-treated cushion covers for boat benches, caravan dinettes and stoep loungers
- Clinics, salons, spas and gyms: wipe-clean zipped covers for waiting room cushions and spa lounger pads
- Churches, schools and halls: hard-wearing covers for church pew cushions and school library seating
- Upholsterers, makers, designers and DIYers: interior designers and decorators ordering batches of covers in their chosen fabric
Frequently asked questions
Can I get scatter cushion covers made in 60 x 60?
Can I supply my own fabric for cushion covers?
Is it worth replacing couch cushion covers instead of reupholstering?
Do you make the cushion covers yourselves?
Cushion Covers Made to Size by province and city
- Johannesburg
- Pretoria
- Centurion
- Midrand
- Sandton
- Randburg
- Roodepoort
- Krugersdorp
- Randfontein
- Germiston
- Boksburg
- Benoni
- Kempton Park
- Alberton
- Vanderbijlpark
- Vereeniging
- Durban
- Pinetown
- Pietermaritzburg
- Richards Bay
- Newcastle
- Ladysmith
- Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
- East London
- Kariega (Uitenhage)
- Mthatha
- Cape Town
- Bellville
- Paarl
- Stellenbosch
- George
- Worcester
- eMalahleni (Witbank)
- Middelburg
- Secunda
- Mbombela (Nelspruit)
- Rustenburg
- Brits
- Klerksdorp
- Potchefstroom
- Mahikeng
- Polokwane
- Tzaneen
- Kimberley
- Upington
- Bloemfontein
- Welkom
- Sasolburg