I am planning to build a mission sofa this winter. I would like to use leather for the cushions. I would appreciate any comments about working with leather, but particularly any recommendations for sources of leather. There are a lot of sources on the web, but I don't know which are trustworthy. I also don't know anything about leather quality, dyeing, etc. Thanks for your help.
Bill Ray
Bill,
I used leather for a hall tree cushion, and I call some upolstry shops and found one that did leather upolstry. They had whole hides in a ton of colors, and was able to get a few square feet. It ain't free! Wives who sew are a great source of info in making cushions, they say it's not hard with a sewing machine. Goodwill, St Vintys, or a thrift store might be a good source for a "test" cushion to get a pattern, and see construction details.
Hope this helps.....
Thank you. I've already "assigned" my wife the cushion duties. I have a set of plans that even have the details on how to construct the cushions.
I haven' t used them lately, but Tandy Leather has been around for a long time and always had an excellent reputation.
Bill
They're still around, I buy from them once in awhile. In Canada, they're called Tandy Leather Factory.
Not sure where you're located, but I used to buy from Veteran Leather in LIC, NY.
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