Removable Seat Covers
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 5:27 pm
Last time me and 'er in doors, went on a long trip in hot weather she announced that she'd make some seat covers. as i'm sure most of you will know, the vinyl seats are a little bit unforgiving in hot weather. as soon as your lower back becomes exposed then you find yourself stuck to it. and the first you know about it is when you hit a bump
my seats are pretty tatty anyway, being dirty from oil and grease and stuff (which is cleanable i know) but also being quite worn and ripped:
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anyway, the up and coming MOT inspired her to follow through on her offer and run some covers up. after a long trip around the markets in birmingham looking for material, we decided on a fetching gingham and a matching plain colour. this was all washed before being worked with to allow for the material to shrink in the wash, rather than have it shrink the first time we wash them!
some foam was purchased from the market too, and cut to size to add a bit more comfort to the seat. this foam is restrained by the covers.
here's the 'mark one' version so far, a bit more hemming and sewing to go yet:
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the back seat has a plain top, mainly because we had every last inch of gingham the shop had, but also because it'd be a large area of pattern, which would look a bit busy.
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apparently i'm getting some matching cushions tomorrow...
so... it's a bit out of keeping with the rest of the style of the car. they look a bit different at the mo, but so did the black wheels, and i've warmed to those!
they should certainly but functional if nothing else! and the beauty is, they're easily removed if i decide i dont like them, and easily removed for putting straight in the washing machine!
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my seats are pretty tatty anyway, being dirty from oil and grease and stuff (which is cleanable i know) but also being quite worn and ripped:
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anyway, the up and coming MOT inspired her to follow through on her offer and run some covers up. after a long trip around the markets in birmingham looking for material, we decided on a fetching gingham and a matching plain colour. this was all washed before being worked with to allow for the material to shrink in the wash, rather than have it shrink the first time we wash them!
some foam was purchased from the market too, and cut to size to add a bit more comfort to the seat. this foam is restrained by the covers.
here's the 'mark one' version so far, a bit more hemming and sewing to go yet:
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the back seat has a plain top, mainly because we had every last inch of gingham the shop had, but also because it'd be a large area of pattern, which would look a bit busy.
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apparently i'm getting some matching cushions tomorrow...
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so... it's a bit out of keeping with the rest of the style of the car. they look a bit different at the mo, but so did the black wheels, and i've warmed to those!
they should certainly but functional if nothing else! and the beauty is, they're easily removed if i decide i dont like them, and easily removed for putting straight in the washing machine!