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The Cutting Table · a common question

Can I order fabric swatches before I buy a cushion?

Also asked as:Can I order swatches?Do you send out samples of the fabrics?

Daylight never lies; your screen sometimes does. Custom cushion fabric swatches on your own sill settle what a photograph can't.

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The Colorist of New Orleans ·

The quick answer

Yes, you can order fabric swatches before buying a cushion: buy the Fabric Sample option once, from the top of a cushion listing's size menu or the fabric-samples listing, and write the exact codes, such as L-18, COR-205 or velvet 112, in the personalization or note box. Up to 5 colors arrive as small swatches on one card.

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Key facts

  • Samples are ordered by buying the Fabric Sample (or Fabric Swatch) option once.
  • The option sits at the top of the size or length menu, and there is also a dedicated fabric-samples listing.
  • Fabric type and exact codes go in the personalization or note-to-seller box.
  • Any fabric code the shop sells can be sampled, not only those pictured.
  • Samples can't be ordered by message alone, and a sample order with no codes can't be prepared.
  • Swatches are small pieces on a sample card, not yardage.
  • Swatches are roughly palm-sized, about 4 x 4 to 6 x 6 in, and exactly the codes you order are sent.
  • Live with the swatches for about 1 week, in morning and evening light, before you choose.

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Fabric
Fabric type and exact codes go in the personalization or note-to-seller box.
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The core: its density and thickness set the feel.
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The corded seam edge: matching, contrast or none.
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Three moves to a swatch card

  1. Find the sample option

    It's at the top of the size or length menu, or on the fabric-samples listing. Add one; if it asks for a color, any color works.

  2. Write your codes

    Put the fabric type and exact codes in the note box: L-18, L-19, COR-205, velvet 112.

  3. Live with them a while

    Hold each swatch against the sofa, the paint and the floor, morning and evening. The shop follows up to ask which one you chose.

What a swatch tells you that a screen can't

A code on a chart is a promise; a swatch is the thing itself. Sage linen can read gray-green at noon and nearly silver by lamplight, and velvet shifts shade the moment you brush it the other way. Only the cloth in your hand, in your own light, shows you that.

You can sample any code the shop sells, not only the few pictured on the samples listing, so mix freely: a linen-look, a corduroy, a velvet. Browse the linen-look fabrics, velvet and corduroy families, then read choosing cushion color in real light and ordering samples that decide it.

Which room will your swatches live in for a week, my friends?

What won't get you swatches

  • Asking by message alone; the sample option has to be bought.
  • A sample order with no codes written in it.
  • Expecting yardage; swatches are small pieces on a card.
  • A separate sample for every code; one sample order carries up to 5 codes.

A fabric swatch order with no codes can't be prepared: buy the sample option once and write every code you want, like L-18 or velvet 112, in the note.

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Buyer questions

  1. A common question

    Can I get fabric swatches before I commit to a cushion?

    The workshop's answer

    Yes. On the samples listing, choose Fabric Sample at the top of the Length menu and write up to 5 fabric codes in Add Personalization. The swatches come as small pieces on a sample card, not yards of fabric.

  2. A common question

    How do I order swatches, and what if I can't wait for them?

    The workshop's answer

    Order through the fabric sample listing with up to 5 codes per sample order; you cover the samples' shipping. If time is short, the shop sends close-up photos of those codes right away, which designers ordering for clients use too.

  3. A common question

    Can I see physical swatches of L-07, L-19, L-20 and P-50 first?

    The workshop's answer

    Yes. Order from the fabric-samples listing and write those codes in the personalization or note box. Short on time? The shop can send clear close-ups of the exact fabrics in the chat instead.

  4. A common question

    How can I match a new cushion to pillows I already have?

    The workshop's answer

    Order samples of your shortlisted codes and compare them at home in your own light, with close-up photos as a first pass. When none matched, the shop has sent a second round of samples free.

Questions buyers ask next

Can one sample order mix linen, velvet and corduroy?

Yes. It's one fee per sample order, not per swatch, and mixing fabric families is fine. List every code in the note, up to 5 per order, and the swatches ship together in one package.

Is there a complete swatch set for interior designers?

Yes. A designer can buy the sample option once and ask for a full set of every color for the usual shipping-only fee, so future client orders are chosen with the fabrics in hand.

Why does a cushion listing start at such a low price?

The lowest price on a listing is the fabric sample alone, not a cushion or a set. Choose a real size to see the cushion's price; the shop confirms sample-only orders before sending them.