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Fabric Suppliers

I have several fabric accounts and I am happy to order samples for you. For best success:

1. Order a sample
2. Be sure to ask for measurements of the fabric including width and size of any pattern repeats as this will affect how much yardage to order
3. Review project yardage needs with me before you buy.
4. Make sure there is extra fabric available if more is needed.
5. I will place the order and have the fabric shipped directly to my workroom. If you have fabric you have already purchased, a 30% upcharge per yard is added for customer’s own materials (COM) not ordered through Kain Upholstery & Sewing. See “COM Policy”

Once you decide to go ahead with a project, a 50% deposit is required to get your project on my schedule.  At that point, I will order the materials.  All outstanding balance is due on delivery.

Estimates will not include any structural replacement once the work begins.  I will reuse foam, springs, and internal materials whenever possible, but a great result is as important to me as it will be to you, and I will let you know if internal components cannot be salvaged.

For Residential

Affordable Home Fabrics.com is a retail supplier of all types of fabrics including upholstery, Sunbrella outdoor, linen and canvas

Great Lakes Fabrics is in Bay City, MI and supplies upholstery, vinyl, marine canvas along with marine supplies

Fabric Warehouse sells designer fabrics at wholesale pricing direct to the public

Source 4 Interiors has everything from wallpapers to fabrics

Robert Allen Design carries familiar names such as Beacon Hill and Duralee fabrics. The website also includes global collections by worldwide artists

How the Process Works

Here is the way that our upholstery job process works.
1. First you send us all the information and pictures that we need.

2. Then I give you an estimate with some options. (**Alternate Option: On Site Consult)

3. If the estimate is acceptable, then you would need to choose your fabric.

• You can look through fabrics online here: Our Upholstery Suppliers.
• Once you find a fabric, or fabrics, that you like, then samples of those fabric could be sent to you.

4. Once you have chosen a fabric, we would contact the fabric supplier to verify they have enough of that fabric.

5. Then we would make out a work order and send it to you.

6. Upon receiving the work order, you would examine it to see it everything is as you expect.

7. Next, you would sign the work order and mail it back to us, or bring it to us, with a deposit.

8. After we receive your signed work order and deposit

• We put you on our job schedule (workflow)
• We contact the fabric supplier and check stock on the fabric as we order it.
• At an appropriate time, we order any other supplies that may be needed for your job.

9. Most of the time the supplier has the fabric in stock, and they send it right out to us. In this case the fabric usually arrives at our shop in about a week or so.

• Occasionally the supplier doesn’t stock the fabric, so they have to order it from their supplier. In this case it might take a week or two weeks, or possibly a little longer.
• Also, on occasion the fabric may be back ordered. This means that our supplier has sold all their stock of that fabric and is waiting for it to come from their supplier or the manufacturer. In this case it could take anywhere from a couple weeks to a few months to get the fabric.
• If we know that the fabric is back ordered for any significant amount of time, we will let you know of the delay. You could then choose to wait for the fabric or choose another fabric.
• In most situations, even if the fabric has been back ordered or otherwise delayed, it usually arrives at our shop long before we are ready to do the job anyway.

10. Once we receive your material, we put it on our shelf until we are ready to do the job.

11. Then it is just a matter of waiting until we work through all the jobs ahead of your job. I should be able to give you a rough idea on timing.

12. Once we are ready to do your job, we contact you and let you know what we are ready for your job.

13. At this point you would bring your furniture into our shop.

14. If after your furniture comes into the shop, we have questions or concerns, we would call you and discuss them with you.

• For Instance, if there are extra services or repairs that are required or recommended to do your job, we would contact you and let you know of the situation and any associated extra charges.

15. Once the job is finished, we would contact you and let you know.

16. Then you would come get your job and pay the balance by either an approved check, cashier’s check, money order or cash. We accept credit cards through Square with a 4% processing fee.

**There is a $60 onsite visit charge plus $1.00 per mile over 8 miles from Ionia. The visit charges are payable in advance and will be applied back to any approved proposal. To save these charges, you may bring furniture to the shop for a free inspection/evaluation/estimate.