My grandparents used to recover furniture for hobby when they retired. The would take the whole couch or chair apart and lay all the pieces out in their basement. Then they measured everything to see how much fabric they needed. They used their old peddle singer to sew this. It was quite the undertaking. I don't remember how much they charged. Back then you could buy the fabric at Flexsteel Furniture Factory in Dubuque Iowa. My sister in law used to sew there and her husband stuffed arms. It is a very hard job lugging the heavy fabric around.