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Tutorial: Estimating fabric needed to slipcover furniture

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estimatingfabricforslipcoversIf slipcovering a  favorite chair or couch is on the horizon for you, then you’ve probably spent some time eyeballing your furniture and guestimating how much fabric it would take to cover it.  CraftStylish helps take the guesswork out of the equation with a set of formulas designed to help you estimate the amount of fabric needed to slipcover a piece of furniture.  Go to the article and get the formulas.

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