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The Cutting Table · a checklist answer

Can I change the color of my cushion after I've already ordered?

Also asked as:is it too late to change my color?can I change it to velvet now?

Right, then. Paying doesn't lock your color; the tailor starting work does. Here is the list I'd work through the minute the doubt sets in.

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The Piping Queen of Newport · · Updated

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The quick answer

Until production starts, you can change your cushion color after ordering, even after payment. Message the workshop quickly with the new color name or fabric code. It checks with the tailor, notes the change on your order at no extra cost and confirms the final colors in writing.

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Key facts

  • A cushion color can be changed after ordering, and even after payment, until production starts.
  • The workshop checks with the tailor or production team before confirming a change.
  • Color changes made before production cost nothing extra.
  • The final colors are confirmed by message.
  • One change can cover several pieces, such as all cushions pink and the bolsters gray.
  • A second order can be combined with the first so both ship together.
  • Fabric swatches are palm-sized, about 4 x 4 to 6 x 6 in, if you want to see a new color before it is cut.
  • An out-of-stock fabric code must be re-woven at the mill, which adds time, so an in-stock code is faster.
  • The outdoor range alone has about 150-200 colors across several charts.

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Fabric · Foam · Pipingwhat the workshop will confirm with you

Fabric
Fabric swatches are palm-sized, about 4 x 4 to 6 x 6 in, if you want to see a new color…
Foam
The core: its density and thickness set the feel.
Piping
The corded seam edge: matching, contrast or none.
Only for this request: no marketing calls or texts. Outside the US, add the country code.
In inches: length × depth × thickness, plus any angles or cut corners.

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The color-change checklist

  • Write today, not next week. The cutoff is the start of production, and the later you ask, the likelier your first color is already cut.
  • Name the new color exactly, such as khaki green no. 34 or velvet 03, using the fabric code from the chart.
  • List every piece that changes. “All cushions pink, bolsters gray” is a perfectly good instruction.
  • Wait for the tailor check. The workshop asks production before it confirms anything.
  • Keep the written confirmation of the final colors.
  • Placed a second order? Ask for the two to be combined so they ship together.
  • Ordered twice by accident? The duplicate is canceled and your chosen color confirmed.

Real color swaps made after checkout

Ordered asChanged to
TobaccoKhaki green no. 34
TurmericDried rose
OrangeBrown
LinenVelvet 03
Soft fabricLinen color 8
A plain fabricBlack-and-white stripe
One color throughoutAll cushions pink, bolsters gray

Each request reached the workshop before production began.

Why the tailor, not the payment, sets the deadline

Payment is paperwork. The cut is the commitment: the later you write, the more likely your first color has already met the shears. Until then, a change is a note on the order and costs nothing extra.

I have mixed up two greens in my time, dear, and a code would have saved my blushes. If you're torn between shades, order swatches first and judge them by daylight, as the Pattern on screen color versus daylight explains. Which color are you second-guessing right now?

If the tailor hasn't started, changing a cushion color after payment costs nothing extra: write the new color name or code the same day.

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Buyer questions

  1. A common question

    I've already ordered. Is it too late to change the color?

    The workshop's answer

    Not if you ask quickly. One order was switched from tobacco to khaki green no. 34 before production; an accidental duplicate order was canceled and the color confirmed by message.

  2. A common question

    Can I swap my color after ordering?

    The workshop's answer

    Usually, if the tailor hasn't started. The workshop checks with the tailor first, and has changed turmeric to dried rose, orange to brown, and plain colors to velvet no. 13 or no. 27.

  3. A common question

    Is it too late to change the fabric on an order I've placed?

    The workshop's answer

    The workshop checks with production. If work hasn't started, the fabric can still change, to a black-and-white stripe in one case, and a second order can be combined so both cushions ship together.

  4. A common question

    Can I still change the color after I've paid?

    The workshop's answer

    You can, as long as production hasn't started. Buyers have switched to tobacco, and one made all cushions pink with the bolsters in gray. The final colors were confirmed by message.

Questions buyers ask next

Is there a fee for switching colors before production?

No. On past orders, a switch requested while the order still waited for the tailor was noted on the order at no extra cost, even when the buyer had already paid.

Can I change the size or thickness as well?

On the same terms, you can: before production starts or the fabric is cut. Message the new measurements, and the workshop updates the order and confirms the change. Changes that don't alter the price cost nothing.

What happens if production has already begun?

Then your first color may already be cut, and a switch may no longer be possible. That is why the checklist starts with writing the same day, with the exact color name or code.