
ABOUT THIS COURSE
In fact, this basic course is an introduction to automotive upholstery by doing a cover for a real car seat. I consider the performing of this basic seat a process to understand and make more complex designs in a near future.
A real car seat as the one of this course is composed of 3 main pieces: a seat cushion, backrest cushion, and a headrest. With this course we will learn step by step how to disassemble each one of its parts and how to reupholster them.
The most important step you will learn in this course is the making of templates gotten from flat regular pieces and irregular surfaces which have rounded contours.
Good Luck!
How to cover a car seat
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► Basic level
• Duration: 9h 31m
• Videos: 15
• Voice: No
• Subtitutles: Only English
CONTENT
Duration: 11 min
• Description of car seat
• Car seat disassembling
• Removing of seat cushion cover
• Removing of backrest cover
• Removing of headrest cover
• Removing of rails
Duration: 12 min
• Process of marking on foam cushion
• Process of measuring on foam cushion
Top small front piece
Top big rear piece
Top lateral piece (bolster)
Top small rear piece
Long lateral piece
Duration: 23 min
• Process of marking on foam backrest
Marking central guide lines on backrest front face
Marking central lines on backrest reverse side
Marking on backrest foam front face
• Process of measuring on foam backrest (Front face)
Big front piece
Small upper piece
Front side piece (bolster)
Lower front short piece
Lateral side piece
• Process of measuring on foam backrest (Reverse face)
Short upper piece
Short lower piece
Central side back piece
Lateral side back piece
Duration: 6 min
• Process of marking on foam headrest
Marking central guide lines
Marking central piece
Marking lateral piece
• Process of measuring on foam headrest
Central piece
Lateral piece
Duration: 1h 05m
• Procedure to get molds on cardboard
• Seat cushion molding process
Molding small rectangular top piece
Molding big rectangular top piece
Molding top lateral piece (bolster)
Molding half surrounding lateral piece
Molding small rear piece
Marking of reference marks
Duration: 1h 28m
• Backrest molding procedure (Front face)
Molding big lower piece
Molding small upper piece
Molding side piece (bolster)
Molding lateral piece
Duration: 49 min
• Backrest molding procedure (Reverse Face)
Molding upper rear piece
Molding central pieces
Molding lower short piece
Molding lowest short piece
Marking of reference marks
Duration: 30 min
• Headrest molding procedure
Molding big piece
Molding small side piece
Marking of reference marks
Making of holes for headrest posts
Duration: 55 min
• Seat cushion marking, cutting and foaming procedure
Marking and cutting of central top panels
Preparing, marking and cutting of side and lateral panels
Preparing the listing bags
Foaming of two top big panels
Sewing the edges of central pieces
Marking allowances on long lateral panel edges
• Backrest cushion marking and cutting procedure
Marking and Cutting of Side Bolster
Preparing the two short back junction pieces for J-clips
Determining the seam allowance for "upper male J-clip"
Determining the seam allowance for "lower female J-clip"
Marking and cutting of two rear junction pieces
Making of two holes for upper perforated vinyl backrest panel
Displaying the vinyl pieces for backrest
• Headrest cushion marking, cutting and foaming procedure
Marking of central piece
Marking of lateral pieces
Duration: 56 min
• Long surrounding lateral panel sewing process
Preparing the long surrounding lateral panel
Sewing the junction seams
Marking and oversewing the lower curved end
Sewing the thin wire sleeve
• Central panel sewing process
Sewing the central panels and listing wire sleeve
Sewing the side bolsters and their listing wire sleeves
• Rear piece sewing process
Sewing the 'listing steel wire' sleeve
Attaching and sewing of rear piece
• Final attatching of surrounding panel to top panel
• Oversewing the seat cushion cover
• Preparing and inserting the listing wires
Inserting the thin wire for long panel
Inserting the steel wires for top panel
Duration: 1h 24m
• Backrest cushion front face sewing process
J-clips sewing process
Preparing the listing sleeves
Marking the listing sleeves for hog ringing
Sewing of transversal "listing bag" to main panels
Backrest frontal face display
Preparing the lower binded edge of lateral panel
Sewing the lateral panel to bolster panel
Oversewing the lateral panel to bolster panel
Sewing of side panels to central panels
Final sewing of small lower piece
• Backrest cushion back face sewing process
Sewing of rectangular panels and listing bags
Basting the lower and upper panels
Sewing the lower and upper panels
Attatching the back face to front face
Final sewing procedure
Duration: 21 min
• Attaching and sewing of headrest cover
• Sewing of J-clips
• Sewing the side panels to main panel
Duration: 12 min
• Hog-ringing of top panels
• Adding foam pieces to side bolsters
• Fitting the cover
Duration: 32 min
• Fitting procedure for backrest cover
Foaming of bolsters
• Preparing the sleeves and inserting the rigid steel wires
• Fitting the backrest cover
• Attaching of J-clips
Duration: 15 min
• Fitting procedure
• Assembling of headrest to backrest
• Assembling of backrest to cushion frame
• Assembling of rails