Comfort Works | How it's made

Close-up of a woman measuring the sofa cushion with a tape measure

1. We triple-check your order.

Once your order comes in, we run through your sofa’s dimensions again and again (and again) to make sure you get nothing less than the perfect-fitting slipcover.

Slipcover pattern maker using chalk to draw the pattern shape

2. We draw the shape of your sofa by hand.

Every line, fold and curve that makes up your sofa ‘pattern’ is carefully stencilled with chalk onto the fabric you’ve chosen.

Close-up of a fabricator cutting ash grey fabric tiles

3. We cut out the fabric panels that fit over your sofa.

Once we’ve got the shape of your sofa drawn out, we cut the individual fabric panels out for the next step: Assembly.

Close-up of a fabricator sewing a slipcover using a sewing machine

4. The sewing begins.

Our ninja-level seamstresses start putting your slipcover together along with details like pleats and piping that you’ve chosen. Fun fact: A 3-seater sofa typically needs around 25 panels of fabric to ‘cover’ it.

Close-up of a fabricator removing excess thread from a sofa slipcover

5. Your slipcover is cleaned, checked and pressed.

Any loose or stray threads are trimmed and brushed off, hems are checked and wrinkles pressed so that all you have to do is unpack and install.

Close-up of Comfort Works slipcover drawstring bags

6. We get your slipcover ready for shipping.

We fold your cover, slip it into a reusable storage bag, seal your package with love, do a happy dance and have it picked up for delivery!

Close-up of IKEA STOCKHOLM sofa couch with Textured Weave Ash slipcover in a minimalist living room

7. We’ve got you covered with our Perfect-Fit Guarantee.

Even after your slipcover ships out, we make sure you get nothing less than the perfect fit with a guarantee that covers you with an alteration credit or a full replacement if your cover doesn't fit as it should.

How we make our slipcovers