How to sew leather covers

How to sew leather covers

Automotive covers are one of the main decorations of the car's salon, which, along with aesthetic pleasure, bring practical benefits, protecting seats from damage and contamination. For the manufacture of covers, both natural and synthetic fabrics are used, for example, plush, artificial fur, tapestry, velor or leather. Each material has its advantages and disadvantages. But the most representative and expensive material is natural or artificial leather.

Necessary materials and devices:

  • Fabric thread;
  • Rubber glue;
  • Paper for pattern;
  • Sharp scissors;
  • Clips, pins, portno chalk;
  • Sewing machine with skin sewing function;
  • Lining fabric, foam rubber.

1
Before opening, you must prepare the skin. Prepared from 20 g of the cooking salt, 20 g of glycerin and 1 l of water the solution is applied to the wrong side of the material and stretched on a flat surface to straighten the irregularities. After a few hours, it is necessary to restoil with the wrong side of the moderate temperature without steam through the path. Sometimes the skin is sampled in thin places or on the seams of glue phlizelin.

2
There are several rules in the skin:

  • Craw details do not descend to avoid unnecessary holes, and fasten with stationery clips in points of points or use adhesive pencil for leather.
  • Stooling is performed by machine stitch with large stitches (3 mm).
  • The skin sewing needle has a triangular edge.
  • To make the seams are stronger, use the seams, when the detail-knitted part side is applied to the front side of the interface, they are sampled at the point of contact, and then the stitching, or filming, in which the parts are connected using the racial seam, and then frame On two sides and string.

3
Special paper for the pattern or the usual newspaper is applied to the seat, attach pins in the corners and edges, so that during the outcome it is not accidentally moved. Then it is cut along the drawn circuit and check for symmetry, if the part requires it, if necessary, cut and again try on the seat. So make with all parts of the seat covers. The finished pattern with the help of a portno chalk or ballpoint handles is transferred to a 1-1.5 cm linen on the seams of 1-1.5 cm and cut the cloth on the outlined lines.

4
If it is necessary to change the shape of the seating, then the foam rubber can be sewed into the covers. For this, after completion of the markup and trimming of each part of the skin, they are identical from the mattress fabric. Each part is stitched in pairs of exhaust to the wrong one and leave part of one face is not covered, turned out. Be sure to place places for the foam rubber, attaching to the seat. Marking is needed for firmware of the boundaries of the foambone tabs so that they do not move during operation.

5
Details alternately combine with a machine seam. To secure covers on the seat, it is necessary to laugh at the bottom edges of strong tapes, and on the backs to provide lightning. If airbags are installed in the seats, then in the places of their seam, it should be made from cotton threads, which can easily be broken, or not to stitch, but to strain with several imperceptible stitches. After completing the line, the covers wear on the seats.

Leather covers made by personnel will give the car an individuality and save funds on tailor services. In addition to the presentable species, leather covers are famous for strength, durability, ease of cleaning, the possibility of recovery by primer and paint.

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Egorova Polina. 04/15/2015 at 13:17

Tailoring of fabric covers for me is not a problem, but it's a long time for a long time, in your article emphasis on important nuances. At first, I tried to sew the case only on one front seat, bought artificial skin, used fabric covers as the pattern, and the samples were covers that took from a friend. Of course, there were fears, because the skin of the mistakes does not allow - the holes will remain, but I did everything, I am proud, so I am writing about it: Thank you for the article, and the advice of car enthusiasts - do not be afraid to sew from eco-leave - the result is worth it.

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