Sewing/seat repair

So sometime ago now i picked up a pair of grey alcantra seats from ebay to replace the cloth ones i had, they cost me £26.00 the only problem being the drivers side seat had a hole in the bolster in the side.


The passenger side seat was fine and have already fitted it in the car. The sensible thing to do, would be to take the seat to an upholsterer but feeling brave i've decided to do it myself >.<

The plan is to take the the upper seat cover off the passenger side seat i replaced already, un stitch the pannel i need from it, and after un stitching the damaged pannel on the alacantra one, sew the undamaged one back in.




Passenger seat cover off and the un stitching begins




removed the damaged panel and started stitching the undamaged one back in.

The main thing you need for this job is patience. The sewing itself isn't hard and the holes are already there from where the old stitching was. Will update with more pics when i'm finished.

You have the patience of a saint my son. :beer:

great project!

Just a few hints if someone starts something similar - don't use normal sewing thread but very solid one specially made for upholstery tasks. They're pre-waxed usually, if not pull the thread over a bit of wax to make it smooth. Use a curved needle.