Sofa nightmare

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5. Thanks Warpy

I think you are right about furniture today (POS most of it). I paid about $700.00 for this sofa in 1988 (or 1989) which was a whole month's pay for me at that time.

I may have found some heavy duck cotton fabric on ebay. The colors look pretty close.



I can buy one yard of this (36X57) for about $13.00.

My goals is to fix this up and slipcover it with the new slip cover which is en route hopefully.

The actual material the sofa is made of is a very heavy strong fabric that has taken lots of abuse as you can see from my shameful picture.

My problem is that I cannot bend/sit for any length of time so I wonder if I'd be able to stitch it up by hand. It could take forever plus there are lots of loose staples floating around too (not at all safe!).

Ah what a fine mess I have on my hands.

The cat could care less of course.

I recently managed to train her to not claw the sofa (much) any more.

Oddly, she (nor any of the other cats I've had for the past 12 years or so) are not the least bit interested in my recliner that I bought at a medical supply place. It cost close to $900.00 and none of the cats have liked it enough to claw it fortunately.

I don't know what sort of fabric is on said chair, perhaps microfiber?

Thanks again and any more thoughts/tips are helpful!