 Plaid seats upholstery tutorial., Yes ! you can do it yourself. No special tool needed. |
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| johannes |
  Jun 9 2012, 04:06 AM
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Club Porsche 914 France President  Group: Members Posts: 3,084 Joined: 13-January 06 From: France Member No.: 5,409 Region Association: France  |
This tutorial will show you how to make yourself the cushion and backrest with the famous plaid inserts. No special tool needed.
For instructions on how to remove and desassemble the seats please read the excellent thread by Nick Mironov. http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=71844 This is not a difficult job. It is long but I found it fun to do, and I learned a lot is the process. Basic instructions on how to use the sewing machine was given by my wife and the instruction book that I always had next to me. The plaid cloth was bought from Autoatlanta. http://www.autoatlanta.com/porsche-parts/a...-and-Upholstery I bought two yards as it was written somewere on this forum that on yard is for one seat. I found out that I could cut 4 seats from theese two yards... but that was a very close (no error) fit. The vinyl bolsters from the seats (back of the shell) were also changed and sourced from the same page on Autoatlanta 's website. The headrest vinyl was saved from the existing cover. It is attached to the backrest. If your old headrests are not usable you can make new ones as I have already done Follow the instructions on this thread: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=69300 What you will also need A sewing machine. No professional machine needed. I used a 20 years old Husqvarna Optima 120. This one is simple and strong. Vinyl for the side of the cushion 100 yards of thick yellow 100% polyester thread 50 yards of thick black 100% polyester thread 500g of Neoprene glue Foam in different thickness... Cardboard... I cut the fabric using the pattern as reference. I used this picture found on this forum as reference. This is one of the few I found from an original seat.  The goal was to have three large stripes visible and centered. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/johannes.roussel.free.fr-5409-1339236401.1.jpg) |
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| johannes |
Jun 9 2012, 04:20 AM
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Club Porsche 914 France President Group: Members Posts: 3,084 Joined: 13-January 06 From: France Member No.: 5,409 Region Association: France |
Assemble the plaid and the vinyl with needles in the tight curve.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/johannes.roussel.free.fr-5409-1339237183.1.jpg) |
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johannes Plaid seats upholstery tutorial. Jun 9 2012, 04:06 AM
johannes While desassamblig take pictures for future refere... Jun 9 2012, 04:07 AM johannes First job is to cut the foam that will be used for... Jun 9 2012, 04:07 AM johannes I wanted to have the quilting on the yellow part a... Jun 9 2012, 04:08 AM johannes Use needles to first attach the foam with the plai... Jun 9 2012, 04:09 AM johannes First quilting is a bit off the black line, so it ... Jun 9 2012, 04:09 AM johannes At the end of each sewing, I make a knot to secure... Jun 9 2012, 04:10 AM johannes I attached the foam to the fabric at the bottom (h... Jun 9 2012, 04:11 AM johannes Once the quilting is over, you can sew the hew tha... Jun 9 2012, 04:11 AM johannes Now sew the foam to the plaid at the top of the ba... Jun 9 2012, 04:12 AM johannes Now sew the two side cardboards to the fabric. Thi... Jun 9 2012, 04:13 AM johannes Now sew the headrest a few milimeters lower than t... Jun 9 2012, 04:13 AM johannes Now we start the cushion.
The cushion is more dif... Jun 9 2012, 04:14 AM johannes It is almost impossible to start a sewing precisel... Jun 9 2012, 04:15 AM johannes Quilting the cushion. Start in the middle, stop at... Jun 9 2012, 04:15 AM johannes Once quilted you can cut the foam at the front of ... Jun 9 2012, 04:16 AM johannes Now it is time to fit the vinyl to the cushion. I ... Jun 9 2012, 04:17 AM johannes First assemble with needles.
This is the tricky p... Jun 9 2012, 04:18 AM johannes once the straight line is sewed, you can cut the f... Jun 9 2012, 04:18 AM johannes Wrap the foam so it won't be in the way when y... Jun 9 2012, 04:19 AM johannes Wrap the foam so it won't be in the way when y... Jun 9 2012, 04:19 AM johannes Sew the tight curve. You can sew a few time. It ca... Jun 9 2012, 04:20 AM johannes Stapple the cover on the cardboard. I had to redo ... Jun 9 2012, 04:20 AM johannes "Et voilà" (in french in the text)
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jdlmodelt [quote name='johannes' date='Jun 9 201... May 5 2013, 08:43 AM ezbngreen914 Nice Thread! no pun intended... :beer2: Thanks... Jun 9 2012, 09:33 AM johannes
Nice Thread! no pun intended... :beer2: Thank... Jun 9 2012, 10:00 AM Valy :DRUNK: Jun 9 2012, 10:32 AM ape914 very cool Jun 9 2012, 10:47 AM johannes Thanx ... Jun 9 2012, 12:08 PM rick 918-S I nominate this for Classic status! Nice work ... Jun 9 2012, 08:32 PM Travis Neff I'll second that.. Nice work! Jun 9 2012, 08:42 PM johannes As I told earlier. I was able to cut 4 seats in th... Jun 11 2012, 02:18 PM bcheney Great Tutorial! Thanks for sharing! Jun 11 2012, 04:38 PM dreberg
Great Tutorial! Thanks for sharing!
Ver... Jan 1 2013, 05:49 PM johannes
Great Tutorial! Thanks for sharing!
Ve... Jan 1 2013, 07:54 PM blackjack very cool, I have a yellow 76, this may be my next... Jan 1 2013, 08:15 PM Steve Very nice!! I had a Orange 1975 VW Sirocc... Jan 1 2013, 09:08 PM Tonyorlo Those turned out great! How does that machine ... Nov 19 2013, 07:30 AM johannes
Those turned out great! How does that machine... Nov 20 2013, 06:20 AM tumamilhem Wow! First of all, EXCELLENT THREAD and instuc... Nov 19 2013, 10:14 AM tumamilhem This is the plaid that I wanted to get for my Scar... Nov 19 2013, 02:08 PM johannes Nice suitcase. I also wanted to customize un suitc... Nov 20 2013, 06:18 AM arkitect Cool thread. I have recently ventured into sewing,... Nov 20 2013, 06:52 AM tumamilhem Dave, there was a white and black plaid. I have a ... Nov 20 2013, 08:51 PM Mikey914 Wanted to bump this up for the curious to see how ... Oct 23 2014, 11:50 AM Andyrew This is an awesome thread! May 12 2015, 11:59 PM nev914 This is an awesome thread, I actually created an a... Apr 1 2021, 09:23 PM DRPHIL914
This is an awesome thread, I actually created an ... Apr 2 2021, 09:23 AM Mark Henry Excellent how to!
I have enough hounds tooth ... Apr 2 2021, 10:06 AM nev914 Thanks so much! I appreciate the feedback! Apr 2 2021, 11:28 AM |
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