Custom Covers
Made to measure for whatever needs covering. Machinery, furniture, boats, trailers, gear that lives outside and has to keep working.
Smithton, TasmaniaEst. 2006
If it can be sewn,we can make it.
Covers Plus is an industrial sewing workshop on Nelson Street. Since 2006 we have been cutting and stitching covers, blinds, annexes, tarps and upholstery for Circular Head, one measured job at a time. Everything is made here, to fit the thing you actually own.
5.0 from 15 Google reviews
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For all your industrial sewing needs
A workshop, not a warehouse.
Most of what leaves this building did not exist in that shape before it arrived. A tarp gets measured against the trailer it has to cover. An annexe gets cut to the van parked out the front. A dining chair that has been in the family for forty years goes home with new foam under new fabric.
Lynette has run Covers Plus since 2006, and the range has grown the way it does in a small town: someone asks whether you can do a boat canopy, then a ute tonneau, then a set of bistro blinds for the deck. The answer has usually been yes.
If you are not sure whether it is something we do, it very likely is. Bring it in, or give us a ring and describe it.
Made to measure
Nothing off a shelf
PVC and canvas
Marine and agricultural
Repairs welcome
Not only new work
What we make
Nine things painted on the front of the shop.
This is the list on our banner, and it is still the list. Every one of them is cut, sewn and finished here in Smithton.
Ziptrak Blinds
Track guided outdoor blinds that pull straight down and stop where you leave them. We are an authorised Ziptrak retailer.
Bistro Blinds
Clear cafe style blinds that turn a deck or a verandah into a room you can still use when the weather comes in off the coast.
Annexes and Awnings
Caravan annexes, awnings and walls, cut and sewn to suit your van rather than the nearest size off a shelf.
Tarpaulins
PVC and canvas tarps made and repaired. Truck tarps, machinery covers, hay and load covers built for real work.
Canopies and Tonneaus
Ute tonneau covers and canopies, laced and fitted to your tray, finished with our own badge on the corner.
Upholstery and Foam
Lounges, dining chairs, car and tractor seats, boat cushions. Recovered properly, with cut foam to suit.
Shade Sails
Shade sails cut, stitched and reinforced to span the area you actually want covered.
Carpet Edging
Offcuts and remnants bound and edged into finished mats and rugs, in whatever size suits the room.
Something not on the list? Industrial sewing covers a lot of ground. Ask us.
0429 143 702Made here, sent everywhere
The little black dress.
It started as a caravan bed fly, and the name stuck. It shields the bed end of your van from wind and rain, it comes with instructions you can follow yourself, and it goes in the post. Customers have ordered one before their van even arrived.
There is a grey one too. Both are cut and sewn on Nelson Street and sent out around the country, which is a strange thing for a shop in the far north west of Tasmania to be doing, and we rather like it.
“We found the little black dress. For a good price, we had it sent to us before the van, and when installed, the instructions were easy to follow. It looks great.”
Our work
Jobs that went out the door.
Blinds, covers, canopies and upholstery, all photographed here or on the job around Circular Head.
Upholstery and foam
Recovered, not replaced.
A good frame outlasts three sets of fabric. Lounges, armchairs, dining and kitchen chairs, car and tractor seats, boat cushions and squabs: if the bones are sound, it is usually worth recovering rather than throwing out.
We cut foam to suit at the same time, so the seat you get back is not just newly covered, it actually sits properly again.
- Lounges and armchairs
- Dining and kitchen chairs
- Car, truck and tractor seats
- Boat cushions and squabs
- Cut foam to size
- Fabric and vinyl range in store
An authorised Ziptrak retailer for the north west.
Ziptrak blinds run in a track, pull straight down and stop wherever you let go. No zips, no ropes, no flapping. We measure, order and fit them, and we are listed on Ziptrak Australia's own retailer register.
What people say
Five out of five, fifteen times over.
5.0
15 Google reviews
“We have used Lynette for a number of different jobs & she never disappoints. Amazing work, great eye to detail with a professional finish. We would highly recommend Lynette for any job big or small.”
“After searching around for a bed fly that looks good and protects us from wind and rain in our van, we found the little black dress. Lynette and the team at Covers Plus answered all my hard questions over the phone. For a good price, we had it sent to us before the van and when installed, the instructions were easy to follow. It looks great. Very happy.”
“Good old fashion service and quality. We happy with our bed screen on our Gecko caravan.”
“We recently got a little grey dress, extremely easy to organise, fast delivery, instructions easy to install and so far the best after market thing weve brought.”
The shop on Nelson Street
Come in and feel the fabric.
Choosing a fabric off a screen is guesswork. The showroom has the sample books and the rolls on the rack, so you can put two options side by side in daylight and see which one is right before anything gets cut.
Finished pieces are usually out on the floor as well, which is the easiest way to see what a recover actually looks like when it is done.
2006
Trading since
5.0
Google rating
1.8k
Facebook followers
Find us
133 Nelson Street, Smithton.
Green arrow on the front of the building, you cannot really miss it. Ring the mobile if you want to talk a job through first, or send an email with photos and measurements.
Mobile, best bet0429 143 702Shop phone(03) 6452 1950Emaillynette@coversplus.com.au
Workshop and showroom133 Nelson St
Smithton TAS 7330
Smithton TAS 7330
Opening hours
- Monday
- 9:00am - 3:00pm
- Tuesday
- 9:00am - 3:00pm
- Wednesday
- 9:00am - 3:00pm
- Thursday
- 9:00am - 3:00pm
- Friday
- 9:00am - 12:30pm
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Look for the green arrow
Everything on the front of the shop, we do inside it.
The banner under the window has been the honest list for years. If it is painted on the wall, you can ask for it at the counter.
- Custom Covers
- Ziptrak Blinds
- Bistro Blinds
- Annexes and Awnings
- Tarpaulins
- Canopies and Tonneaus
- Upholstery and Foam
- Shade Sails
- Carpet Edging
Not on the list? Ring 0429 143 702 and describe it. Industrial sewing covers a lot of ground.