Sofa nightmare

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It has been through a lot (15 cats I'd guess) and the arms of it have stuffing coming out of them. The upholstery itself is still there but just hanging off to the sides barely on one side still attached with the wooden frame showing.

At present it has a slipcover over it so you cannot see how horrible it is beneath it.

Said slipcover (slipcover #5) is shot and I've ordered a new one.

However, I wish there was a way I could some how fix this up a bit some how.

I thought about getting some spray on adhesive to stick the sagging upholstery on the sides back in place and buying some sort of fabric to also place over the areas that are badly clawed (measurements about 25X12" both sides). I've also considered making some sort of protection for the arms and perhaps afix them with either upholstery tacks or the same adhesive spray on glue. I have a sewing machine (an old Singer) that works well and I was a pretty good sewer in my day so I think I can handle making a couple of panels that would fit the areas that I want to cover up.

This might work or or might not work, worst case scenario is that I'll end up with a bigger mess than I started with which seems almost impossible at this point.

Any folks out there know anything about fixing this sofa up a bit or should I just put the new slipcover on it and shut up about "it"?

Thanks for any help at all!