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title: "Custom Slipcover for Existing Sofa: No, but Cushion Covers Yes"
url: "https://cushionguide.com/answers/slipcovers-for-existing-sofa/"
section: "The Cutting Table"
author: "Élodie Marchand, The Colorist of New Orleans"
author_url: "https://cushionguide.com/masters/elodie/"
published: "2026-07-19"
updated: "2026-09-24"
keywords: "custom slipcover for existing sofa, custom size replacement cushion covers, zippered cushion covers, sofa cushion covers only, slipcover for modular sofa"
---

# Can you make slipcovers for the sofa I already own?

*A sofa from another maker, a color you've outgrown. The answer has a firm edge, and a gentler door right beside it.*

Also asked as: Couch cover for this modular sofa?; Five pieces plus a storage ottoman

> **The quick answer:** No: the workshop doesn't make fitted slipcovers for a whole conventional sofa (arms, back and skirt) or for an unrelated multi-piece set, such as a five-piece sofa with a storage ottoman. What it can do is offer its standard cover sizes, or zippered covers for individual cushions in custom sizes if you send the measurements.

![Dusty rose woven box cushion on a cream paneled storage chest beneath an arched window, olive tree and faded pink rug](https://cushionguide.com/media/window-seat-cushions/dusty-rose-cushion-paneled-chest-arched-window-1600.webp "A slim dusty rose cushion dresses a paneled chest beneath an arched window. The rug's faded pink makes the color choice feel inevitable.")

## Key facts

- Fitted covers for whole conventional sofas (arms, back, skirt) aren't made.
- Custom-fit covers for multi-piece sofas from other makers are declined.
- Standard cover sizes are offered instead.
- Zippered covers for individual cushions can be made in custom sizes from your measurements.
- The workshop's own covers remove and wash easily.
- Extra covers have been offered at a discount.

## Where the line is drawn

A sofa is a sculpture of arms, back and skirt. Fitting cloth over all of it, pleat by pleat, is a different job from cutting a cushion cover, and the workshop doesn't take it on.

It also declines custom-fit covers for multi-piece sofas from other makers. A buyer in the US asked about a five-piece set with a storage ottoman; the answer was the standard cover sizes, not a tailored [slipcover](https://cushionguide.com/glossary/#slipcover).

## The door that stays open

Cushions are another story. Send the length, depth and thickness of each seat or back cushion, and the workshop cuts a [zippered cover](https://cushionguide.com/glossary/#zippered-cover) to those numbers. Your foam stays; only the color changes. The [cushion covers](https://cushionguide.com/cushions/cushion-covers/) hub and the [covers for your own foam Pattern](https://cushionguide.com/guides/cushion-covers-for-existing-foam/) show how to measure.

For the workshop's own floor sofa, a covers-only set exists: two seat covers of 78.7 x 39.4 x 6.7 in (200 x 100 x 17 cm) and two L-shaped backrest covers of 39.4 x 39.4 x 15.4 in (100 x 100 x 39 cm), arms included.

## What can be covered, and how

| Piece | Made? | How |
|---|---|---|
| Whole conventional sofa: arms, back, skirt | No | Not offered |
| Another maker's multi-piece sofa with ottoman | No custom fit | Standard cover sizes only |
| Individual seat or back cushions | Yes | Zippered covers cut to your measurements |
| The workshop's own floor sofa | Yes | Covers-only set, arms included |
| Crib-mattress play mat or crash pad | Yes | Zippered box cover, up to at least 61 x 61 x 10 in (155 x 155 x 25 cm) |

## A new cover is a new color

If fresh covers are your chance at a new color, choose it in daylight. Daylight never lies; your screen sometimes does. The three nubby weaves in the photo, raspberry, mustard-gray and a green shot with navy, show how a textured cloth carries two tones at once.

The workshop's own covers come off and wash easily, and extra covers have been offered at a discount, so a second color for winter is not a wild idea. Which color is your sofa waiting for, my friends? The [screen versus daylight Pattern](https://cushionguide.com/guides/cushion-color-screen-vs-daylight/) helps you choose.

> **Tailor's margin:** For a sofa you already own, measure each cushion's length, depth and thickness; zippered cushion covers get cut to those numbers, while whole-sofa slipcovers aren't made.

> Zippered cushion covers can be cut to your own measurements; a fitted slipcover over a whole sofa's arms, back and skirt is not made.
>
> — Élodie

## Buyer questions

**A common question:** Could you make covers for another company's modular sofa, five pieces plus a storage ottoman?

**The workshop's answer:** No. The workshop declined custom-fit covers for that set and offers only its standard cover sizes for it.

**A common question:** Can you make washable covers for the arms, back and skirt of my current sofa?

**The workshop's answer:** A cover for a whole conventional sofa isn't possible. The workshop's own covers are easy to remove and wash, and it offered discounted extra covers, plus custom sizes if you send measurements.

**A common question:** My cushion cover zipper is stuck. What now?

**The workshop's answer:** It's usually fabric caught in the teeth. Free the fabric, run the slider fully back and forward, and on snug covers press the cushion in while you zip. If it still fails, send the workshop photos or a short video of the slider and the teeth around it.

**A common question:** What comes in the covers-only set, and in what sizes?

**The workshop's answer:** Four zippered covers: two 78.7 x 39.4 x 6.7 in (200 x 100 x 17 cm) seat covers and two 39.4 x 39.4 x 15.4 in (100 x 100 x 39 cm) L-shaped backrest covers, enough for one sofa including the arms. Pillowcases come free; metal bars are extra.

## Questions buyers ask next

### Can you cover the cushions but not the sofa frame?

Yes. That is the part the workshop does make: zippered covers for individual seat and back cushions in custom sizes. Send each cushion's length, depth and thickness, and the covers are cut to fit your existing foam.

### Where does the zipper go on a replacement cushion cover?

It can go on the back edge on request. On a trapezoid cushion, for example, it goes on the shorter back edge, and the zipper is sized to the shape so the foam slides out for washing even when the front is wider.

### Are extra covers available for a sofa bought from the workshop?

Yes. The workshop's own covers remove and wash easily, and extra covers have been offered at a discount. For its floor sofa there is a covers-only set of four zippered covers, arms included, with pillowcases free.

## Related at the atelier

- [Can you make zippered throw pillow covers for inserts I already have?](https://cushionguide.com/answers/throw-pillow-covers-for-existing-inserts/): Yes, throw pillow covers can be made for your existing inserts: order through the zippered cushion cover listing and write your sizes in the Exact Size field.
- [Can you make custom-size covers for a modular sofa from another brand?](https://cushionguide.com/answers/custom-size-covers-other-brand-modular-sofa/): Yes, custom size modular sofa covers can be made for another brand's sofa, in any size, as long as you give the exact dimensions of each piece in the personalization box.
- [Can I buy empty zippered covers for tufted cushions and fill them myself?](https://cushionguide.com/answers/empty-covers-tufted-cushions-own-filling/): Yes, as plain zippered covers in your exact sizes, but they will not be tufted.
- [Ordering new cushion covers for foam you already own](https://cushionguide.com/guides/cushion-covers-for-existing-foam/): To order replacement cushion covers, measure the bare insert seam to seam while it lies relaxed, record its true thickness without rounding, and say whether it is foam, fiber or a mattress.
- [Custom Cushion Cover in Forest Green Bouclé, Hidden Side Zipper](https://cushionguide.com/readings/forest-green-boucle-cover-hidden-side-zip/): A bouclé cushion cover can hide its zipper completely when the zipper sits in the seam of the side boxing strip: once closed, the loops lean over the tape and the front reads seamless.
- [Slipcover, new covers or new cushions: pick the right fix](https://cushionguide.com/guides/slipcover-or-new-cushion-covers/): Whether a couch needs a slipcover or new cushion covers depends on what is worn.

*With color and care — Élodie*

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Written by Élodie Marchand (https://cushionguide.com/masters/elodie/) for CushionGuide (https://cushionguide.com/about/). The site explains made-to-measure cushions and the partner workshop makes them; measurements are in inches first. This Markdown mirrors the page at https://cushionguide.com/answers/slipcovers-for-existing-sofa/