I have a settee that needs recovering. However, it lives in the conservatory, so any cover is going to fade. I have samples of suitable fabrics and I don't like the feel of them - I'm also not terribly keen on making a loose cover for it.
I have (more-or-less) decided to put a large throw over it, well tucked into place, possibly with a few judicious stitches to keep it straight, because this is a settee that gets lounged-on. The problem is that the throw needs to be at least 2.5m by 3.8m, and the only one I can find that size is horrible, and would look scruffy before anyone even sat on it.
I thought that I would look for suitable fabric that is wide enough, but I can't find anything at all. I'm very open to the type of fabric, although I would favour something with a texture - bouclé or waffle maybe.
Can anyone suggest somewhere to look? I've tried the only (relatively) local shop that sells this sort of fabric, and they had absolutely nothing that was anywhere near wide enough, although they did have a nice bouclé. I've also looked at the online shops that I would normally use for upholstery or curtaining, and again, nothing is wide enough.
I can see me ending up with three separate throws (two would look odd, three could be arranged to look OK), but I would probably have to sew them together so that everything wouldn't go awry as soon as anyone sat down.