Ektorp sofa cover how to fit it?

[Martine]

Hi,
I can't get hold of Ikea (out of hours now) (so I thought I would turn to you) and I'm trying to refit an Ektorp cover after washing it. Unfortunately it split. I have a spare cover that I've had waiting in the understairs cupboard already washed and waiting for a moment like this. I tried to start fitting it but I can see its nowhere near fitting. Could it have shrunk?
Does anyone have a technique for fitting the cover to the three seater sofa please. Obviously I'm not doing it right.
many thanks
Martine

[tim441]

perhaps try fitting it slightly damp? may stretch a fraction better

[Dotty]

I think that when I do ours I get the 2 top back corner bits in position 1st before I try to get the arms on.
Mine shrank a bit in the 1st wash, so it was a tight squeeze - need to be gentle with it and not force anything.
I had some bleach type stains that wouldn't come out last time so had to get a replacement - it went on a lot easier than my washed one (and it seemed easier than the original when it was new) so I thought they may now have made them ever so slightly stretchy or ever so slightly bigger

[Beachcondo]

I have an Ektorp in my condo in Florida, and a newer in the Swedish guesthouse. The newer one's cover is absolutely bigger and easier to fit.

I put on the cover straight from the washing machine, it then stretches easier. I use the same techique as Dotty.

[holidayloverxx]

Martine, mine shrunk and I pull it too hard over one corner and ripped it at the seam. Luckily I had a brand new spare that slipped on easily. I've had the seam repaired and had a zip put down the back at one side from the corner to bottom in the hope the shrunk one will go over with a bit of "easing" over the corner