Black covers closing off a bank of stadium seating, fitted around the handrails and down the steps

Covers and storage

Custom equipment covers & storage bags, patterned to the piece

We measure, cut and sew covers for speakers, racks, truss and risers, and the bags and hampers your drapes live in between runs. Each one is made to the item it protects, on the same floor as our stage drapes.

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Seat kills across a stadium seating bank

The Drape Selector

Spec your drape
before you call.

Answer five quick questions. The Drape Selector matches fabric, fullness and opening style to your space, then turns it into a spec ready to send to the makers.

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  • Five questions
  • No email gate
  • Quote-ready spec
The Drape Selector running on a laptop and a phone
Drape Selector
01What is the job?
House curtain
Masking legs
Cyclorama
02Which fabric?
VelvetIFR
Wool sergeIFR
MoltonNDFR
03How full should it hang?
Flat
75%
100%
04How does it open?
Traveller
Guillotine
Tableau
05What size?
FabricWool serge
FR classIFR
Size12.0 x 7.0 m
SpecReady →
Step 1 of 5 · The job
A cover pattern, drawn flat to the unit's sizes, then sewn into shape. Illustration.

Patterned off the object

If it can be measured,

it can be covered.

A cover starts as flat panels drawn to the unit's own dimensions. Sewn up, it fits the shape it was measured from, so it stays put on a loading dock and strips fast at bump-in.

  1. MeasureYour dimensions, a make and model, or a photo with sizes.
  2. PatternEach face drawn as its own panel, with handles and hardware allowed for.
  3. Sew and fitStitched on our floor to suit the piece it was cut for.

What we make

Six kinds of cover and storage

6types

Of cover and storage, all sewn in-house

2001

Sewing soft goods in Melbourne since

0stock sizes

Every piece is cut to the item it protects

TypeTypical use
Speaker and rack coversTouring and installed audio, in transit and in storage
Truss coversDressing and protecting exposed truss
Riser and rostra coversSkirting and protecting staging between uses
Branded coversActivations, displays and exhibition stands
Weather-rated coversOutdoor and semi-exposed equipment
Storage bags and hampersDrape stock, kept clean and dry between runs
Black fitted speaker cover on one cabinet beside an identical uncovered speaker, standing on a driveway
Same cabinet, covered and bare. The cover is patterned off the unit, not thrown over it.
  • Where a cover must be flame retardant, we make it from FR fabric or flame retard it to AS 1530 standards, with a treatment certificate. Not every cover needs it, so tell us at quote. How fire treatment works →
  • We sew the soft side. Hard cases, racks and trolleys live with Theatre Safe Australia. Cases, racks and trolleys at TSA →

Options

Covers, bags and hampers

A bare speaker lying across the top of a second speaker that wears its fitted black cover

Fitted covers

  • Speakers
  • Racks
  • Truss
  • Risers

Cut to the unit, so the cover stays on in transit and in storage. Branded covers suit activations and displays, and weather-rated covers suit gear that lives outside.

Grey drape bag laid flat on a workshop bench, its drawstring open and a clear label pocket sewn to the face

Drape bags

  • Sized to the drape
  • Label pocket
  • Drawstring

A drape stored damp can lose its flame retardancy with no visible sign, and a dusty one can carry fire even in inherently flame retardant fabric. A bag sized to the drape keeps it clean and dry.

Shotbags and tapes are on stage consumables.

Lidded canvas storage hamper on castors in a warehouse, road cases stacked behind it

Hampers and hardware bags

  • Lidded
  • On castors
  • Hardware bags

Canvas hampers on castors for drape stock, and heavy bags for chain blocks and hardware, so steel stays away from the soft goods.

Made to measure

Sewn by the people who make the drapes

Covers are a fabrication job, not a catalogue. Tell us what it covers and where it lives, and our machinists cut and sew to suit.

A black carry bag laid on a workshop bench with paper labels marking its finished sizes, 570 and 2850
A carry bag, marked up with its finished sizes.
A machinist at an industrial sewing machine stitching a length of black webbing strap
Stitching webbing on the sewing floor.

  1. Brief

    What it covers, where it lives, and whether it must be flame retardant.

  2. Measure

    Your dimensions, a make and model, or a photo with sizes.

  3. Pattern

    Each face drawn as a panel, handles and hardware allowed for.

  4. Sewing floor

    Cut and sewn by our machinists, in FR fabric where it is needed.

  5. Ship or install

    Shipped Australia wide or fitted by our installers.

Questions

Asked before every cover order

What can you make a custom cover for?

Speakers, racks, truss, risers and rostra, plus branded covers for activations and displays and weather-rated covers for gear that lives outside. If it can be measured, it can be covered: send a photo and the dimensions and we will pattern to it.

Do covers need to be flame retardant?

Not every cover does. Where one must be, we make it from FR fabric or flame retard it to AS 1530 standards and supply a treatment certificate. Tell us where the cover will live when you ask for a quote.

Can you add our branding to a cover?

Yes. Branded covers are part of the range, for activations, displays and exhibition stands. Send the artwork and the colours with the brief, and we will come back with the fabric and the finish.

What do you need from us for a quote?

What it covers, the dimensions or the make and model, where it will live, and a photo if the shape is unusual. Say whether it needs to be flame retardant, too.

Do you make storage bags as well as covers?

Yes. Drape bags, hardware bags and lidded hampers on castors are sewn in the same workshop. A bag sized to the drape keeps it clean and dry between runs. Shotbags and tapes are on stage consumables.