Blog posts on fabrics from a working upholsterer’s bench.
- What's the best upholstery fabric if you have a dog?
The construction matters more than the fibre. Why loops are the thing to avoid, which fabrics genuinely survive claws and hair, and the colour trick nobody mentions. - Why does velvet go patchy?
Velvet does not go patchy — it shades. Why pile fabric changes colour as it is pressed, which velvets recover and which mark permanently, and what pile direction does to your fabric quantity.