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[Blueandgold]

I have an antique settee that I picked up cheap on Facebook marketplace with a view to reupholstering it. I'm very new to this and I'm hoping you can give me some advice on how to approach the project.

My first obstacle has been to find a fabric a like that is wide enough. I have been looking for plain fabrics or fabrics with a non-directional pattern that I could rotate, but so far I haven't managed to find something I like. I have found a fabric I like that is 138cm wide (Ruskin from JustFabrics), but the width I would require is 146cm. So, I was wondering if you thought it may work to have two or three panels across and if you have any suggestions about where would be best to place the seams? Should they be obvious, or should I have them near the edges, where they could be hidden by some scatter cushions. Also, if you think it's a terrible idea, please do let me know.

The settee was reupholstered at some point previously and the seat has a foam cushion that I think looks completely wrong. I found a similar settee online (possibly the same model) , with a fixed seat instead of a cushion and this looks much more appropriate in my opinion. I was wondering if you could give me any ideas on how to approach this.

The settee only cost me £30, so I'm not too precious about it, but I don't want to make it any worse or waste loads of materials.

Thank you for your help

P.S. apologies for the messiness in the photo, just storing it until I work out what to do with it.

[John]

Most fabric come 54 inches wide. That should be plenty to cover all the parts without seams.

[Nigel Heffernan]

If the chair is indeed an original antique and not a modern reproduction the interior would have been made up of jute webbing, coil springs and a mixture of horse hair, cotton and possibly coconut fibre as the stuffing its possible in the last few years someone had it reupholstered and the original interior removed and replaced with a cheap foam
To bring it back to original would be expensive and requires alot of skill and understanding of traditional upholstery