Re: Upholstery help
The easiest way to recreate something specific is to take the time to tear out the old seams and use those pieces as templates for your new cuts...sewing them together just takes patience and a steady hand....keep the machine speed low until you get the feel for it, do not push or pull the material, the machine will do that work, just guide it. your sun pad will probably be the most difficult because of the long sweeping curves....if you get off track on those it can create a problem with the way they lay from that point on...also vinyl tends to stretch if you do not have a walking foot machine, the top will not feed as evenly as the bottom and when you get to the end it is 1-2" longer that when you started....on a straight stitch it can be fixed by squaring it all up and cutting off excess but on curves like that stretching one more than the other can affect its lie as well...
I would get some vinyl and do some practice with curves and stitches prior to cutting it all up, should you find that it is not for you, your local upholstery shop will like it better if your covers are still in once piece if you plan to do a copy of original designs!
