At the Great Cover Up, we use a European pin fitted method to cut our slipcovers. This ensures a quality fit, and best of all, the pin fitting is done in your home or office, so you're never without your furniture.

Slipcovers originated in Europe. In Medieval and Renaissance Europe, furniture was scarce and moved from room to room, and cushions eased the hardness of wooden stools and chairs. This also introduced color to a nearly empty interior. In wealthy English households in the 18th century, simple tailored slipcovers were used to protect chair seats, which were covered in rare and costly silk brocades. They were also used to protect M'Lady's needle and petit point, which took many hours to complete. In the 19th century, slipcovers of brightly printed cottons were very popular in Europe and America and became a stylish decoration, as well as a shield against dirt and sunlight.

Immigrants brought the slipcover trade to America. Men would go to customers' homes to cut the slipcovers and then bring them back for the women to sew. As the years have gone by, these crafts people have vanished, and thus the quality and expertise of the trade has become limited. Today, slipcovers have made a BIG come back.