So it turns out there's no way I'll be doing the other couch and chair in leather. I made a call or two and discovered that leather runs around 600-800 a skin. A skin is about 4 meters.. it takes about 12 meters to cover a couch. If leather is so expensive.. why then, you ask are some places selling leather sofas for only $1500? Well it turns out that the leather sofas you see on sale are made from an italian leather that comes from calf skin.. so it is a little stretchier and not as thick (therefore not as durable), and the only parts of the sofa you buy that are actually leather are the parts that touch your body... ie the arm rests, inner back & bottom cushion... the rest is, you guessed it, vinyl.
A truely, completely leather sofa would run about closer to 4 or 5 thousand dollars.... a quality leather sofa would run much higher. So I'll be shopping for an alternative fabric for my next couch and chair reupholster... maybe ultra suede or denim. Suggestions?
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Wow! That is expensive! Ultra suede would look nice and be pleasing to the touch.
Yep I think that's the way to go. It also tends to go on sale often at Fabricville. I was kind of thinking it might be a really neat eefect to use borrow a page fromthe leather couch idea and only use sueade for the cushion parts and use vinyl for the frame.
ultra suede is really easy to care for, is easy to work with when sewing, and looks great. Can't wait to see what you go with!
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