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.

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How to cover a car seat

$49.99

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• Duration: 9h 31m

• Videos: 15

• Voice: No

• Subtitutles: Only English

CONTENT
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: 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

How to cover a car seat

INFORMATION

1 Description and disassembling

2 Marking on foam cushion and measuring

3 Marking on foam backrest and measuring

4 Marking and measuring on foam headrest

5 Seat cushion molding process

6 Backrest molding process (Front face)

7 Backrest molding process (Reverse face)

8 Headrest molding process

9 Marking, cutting and foaming process

10 Seat cushion sewing process

11 Backrest cushion sewing process

12 Headrest cushion sewing process

13 Fitting the cover on seat foam base

14 Fitting the cover on backrest foam base

15 Fitting the cover on headrest foam base