Upholstery Component Names and How to Measure a Sofa for Cutting Fabric

In this video you'll learn the names and abbreviations of each upholstery component so that you'll know which panel is which. We'll show you how to draw out a cutting plan and how to measure each component so you'll know how much fabric to cut.

You'll also learn about where to put your seams if you can't get a panel out of one piece of fabric or how to run the fabric if you'd rather not have seams.

We have broken the video down so you can easily find the section you want, here are the time stamps:

01:08 - The name of each component/ panel and where they start and finish
04:36 - Abbreviations for each panel and drawing out your cutting plan
16:30 - How to measure each panel and the allowance to make