Roll stockinette

Upholstery Stockinette for Foam Cushions and Cushion Cover Fitting

This upholstery stockinette roll is a stretchy poly-cotton netting used to wrap foam cushion interiors before they are fitted into their covers.

Stockinette creates a smooth protective sleeve around the cushion, helping reduce friction between the foam or wadding and the upholstery fabric.

This makes tight cushion covers easier to fit, helps protect the foam during handling and gives the finished cushion interior a cleaner, more professional assembly.

Available in small 2kg and large 5kg rolls, stockinette is a practical workshop material for upholsterers, cushion makers, furniture repairers and customers replacing their own foam cushions.

Product Specification

• Material: Stretchy poly-cotton stockinette
• Small roll: 2kg
• Large roll: 5kg
• Format: Stretchable tubular/netted cushion wrap
• Primary use: Wrapping foam cushion interiors
• Suitable for: Foam alone or foam wrapped with polyester wadding
• Application: Cushion fitting, protection and friction reduction

What Is Upholstery Stockinette Used For?

Stockinette is primarily used as a sleeve around foam cushions before the cushion interior is fitted into its fabric cover.

Foam naturally grips against many upholstery fabrics. This friction can make a close-fitting cushion cover difficult to pull into position and can cause the foam or wadding to catch while the cushion is being fitted.

Stockinette creates a smoother outer layer around the cushion interior.

Typical applications include:

• Sofa seat cushions
• Armchair cushions
• Back cushions
• Bench cushions
• Window seat cushions
• Bay window seating
• Dining chair pads
• Footstool cushions
• Caravan cushions
• Campervan seating
• Boat and cabin cushions
• Replacement foam interiors
• Bespoke upholstered cushions

Why Use Stockinette Around Foam Cushions?

Helps Cushion Covers Slide On More Easily

One of the main reasons upholsterers use stockinette is to reduce friction.

Bare foam can drag heavily against upholstery fabric, particularly where the cover is designed to fit tightly.

Pulling stockinette over the foam creates a smoother outer surface so the cushion can move into the cover more easily.

Helps Protect the Foam

Stockinette places a lightweight barrier between the foam and upholstery fabric.

This reduces direct rubbing against the foam while the cushion is being fitted, removed or repositioned.

Keeps Wrapped Cushion Interiors Neater

Where foam has already been wrapped with polyester wadding, stockinette can help contain the finished assembly.

This makes the wrapped cushion easier to handle and helps prevent loose fibre from catching while the cover is fitted.

Supports a Cleaner Professional Finish

Foam, wadding and stockinette each perform a different role.

Used together, they create a cushion interior that is easier to assemble and gives a smoother finished appearance inside the cover.

Using Stockinette with Polyester Wadding

Stockinette is commonly used together with Polyester Wadding, also known as Dacron or fibre cushion wrap.

Polyester wadding is bonded around the foam to:

• Soften firm foam edges
• Add loft
• Give the cushion a fuller appearance
• Create a smoother transition beneath the upholstery fabric

Stockinette is then fitted over the wrapped cushion.

This helps hold the assembly together and reduces friction when the cushion is pushed into its cover.

A typical cushion construction is:

Foam core spray adhesive polyester wadding stockinette cushion cover

The foam provides the support, the wadding provides softness and shape, and the stockinette helps with handling and cover fitting.

Bond Polyester Wadding Before Fitting Stockinette

When stockinette is being used over a Dacron-wrapped cushion, the polyester wadding should first be secured to the foam using Status Fabrics Heavy Duty Spray Adhesive.

Bonding the wadding helps:

• Keep the fibre evenly positioned
• Prevent movement while fitting the cover
• Reduce folding or bunching
• Maintain consistent padding
• Keep cushion edges smoothly wrapped

Apply the adhesive lightly and evenly in accordance with the product instructions.

Avoid saturating or flattening the polyester fibre.

Once the wadding is secured, the stockinette can be pulled over the finished cushion interior.

Stockinette for Replacement Sofa Cushions

Stockinette is especially useful when replacing foam inside an existing sofa cushion cover.

A new foam interior can be difficult to insert because fresh upholstery foam has a relatively high-friction surface.

Using stockinette helps the replacement cushion move into position more cleanly.

For foam cut specifically to the size and shape of an existing cover, use Foam Cut to Size.

can produce:

• Rectangular cushions
• T-shaped cushions
• L-shaped cushions
• Curved cushions
• Window seats
• Bench cushions
• Caravan cushions
• Campervan seating
• Boat cushions
• Bespoke shapes

Stockinette can then be added as part of the finishing process.

Stockinette for Bench and Window Seat Cushions

Long foam cushions can be particularly difficult to fit into tightly made covers.

This is common with:

• Bench seating
• Window seats
• Bay window cushions
• Long sofa cushions
• Banquette seating

The larger surface area means there is more fabric and foam in contact with each other.

A stockinette sleeve reduces this friction and can make it considerably easier to position the foam correctly inside the cover.

Stockinette for Caravan and Campervan Cushions

Caravan and campervan cushions are often relatively close fitting and may include unusual shapes.

Stockinette can help with:

• Caravan seat cushions
• Campervan seats
• Rock-and-roll bed cushions
• Backrests
• Shaped cushions
• Bed conversion cushions

It helps the foam move into the cover more smoothly while also providing a protective layer between the upholstery fabric and cushion interior.

Stockinette for Boat and Cabin Cushions

Interior boat and cabin seating can also benefit from stockinette where conventional upholstery foam is fitted inside removable covers.

Suitable applications include:

• Cabin seating
• Interior berth cushions
• Back cushions
• Boat seat pads
• Removable interior cushions

For bespoke marine or cabin cushion shapes, use Foam Cut to Size to create the foam core before adding the required finishing layers.

Stockinette Directly Over Foam or Over Wadding?

Stockinette can be used in either configuration.

Stockinette Directly Over Foam

Use directly over foam when:

• Additional Dacron padding is not required
• The main objective is easier cover fitting
• The cushion already fits the cover correctly
• Minimal additional bulk is preferred

Stockinette Over Polyester Wadding

Use stockinette over wadding when:

• A softer cushion edge is required
• The foam needs a fuller appearance
• Dacron has been added around the cushion
• The wrapped interior needs to be contained during fitting

For most replacement cushions, foam, polyester wadding and stockinette can work together as a complete cushion finishing system.

Does Stockinette Add Cushion Softness?

Stockinette is primarily a wrapping and fitting material.

It should not be relied on to add significant cushioning, loft or softness.

For added softness around a foam cushion, use Polyester Wadding.

Stockinette then performs the separate job of containing the cushion and helping it slide into the cover.

Stockinette Is Not a Replacement for a Cushion Cover

Stockinette forms part of the cushion interior.

It is not intended to replace the finished upholstery cover.

The normal arrangement is:

Foam optional polyester wadding stockinette finished fabric or vinyl cover

Each layer performs a different job within the completed cushion.

Small or Large Stockinette Roll?

Small Stockinette Roll, 2kg

The smaller roll is useful for:

• Occasional cushion replacement
• Smaller upholstery workshops
• Individual furniture projects
• Lower-volume cushion work

Large Stockinette Roll, 5kg

The larger roll is better suited to:

• Professional upholstery workshops
• Regular cushion replacement
• Furniture repair businesses
• Cushion manufacturers
• Higher-volume trade use

The material itself performs the same job; the difference is the quantity supplied.

Stockinette for Upholsterers and Trade Workrooms

Stockinette is a straightforward material, but it is extremely useful in regular upholstery work.

Professional users commonly keep it available for:

• Replacement cushion interiors
• Sofa repairs
• Re-covering furniture
• New cushion manufacture
• Foam and Dacron wrapping
• Bench seating
• Caravan and campervan cushions
• Bespoke upholstered seating

The choice between small and large rolls allows occasional users and higher-volume workshops to select a quantity suited to the amount of cushion work they undertake.

Browse Stockinette for the dedicated category.

For cushion cores, use Foam Cut to Size.

For soft foam wrapping, browse Polyester Wadding.

For bonding wadding securely to foam, use Status Fabrics Heavy Duty Spray Adhesive.

For help choosing foam, wadding or stockinette for a cushion project, contact us.

Stretchy poly-cotton upholstery stockinette for wrapping foam cushions, reducing friction and helping cushion interiors slide more easily into fitted covers.

• Stretchy poly-cotton stockinette
• Small roll: 2kg approx.
• Large roll: 5kg approx.
• made for wrapping foam cushion interiors
• Helps foam slide more easily into cushion covers
• Reduces friction between foam, wadding and outer fabric
• Helps protect the cushion interior during fitting and use
• Suitable for sofa, chair, bench, window seat, caravan, campervan and boat cushions
• Use it for professional upholsterers, cushion makers and furniture repair workshops

Stockinette can be fitted directly over foam or used as the final sleeve over foam wrapped with Polyester Wadding.

For replacement cushion interiors made to your dimensions and shape, use Foam Cut to Size.