Seat Upholstery - Part 1 - VW Karmann Ghia
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- Опубліковано 30 жов 2024
- Quick rundown of the materianls, seat teardown, sewing up all the front panels and finishing the seat bottom covers. Part 2 will have the seat backs and install of the new upholstery. This is for my 1974 Karmann Ghia Convertible.
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what an awesome job Greg. The more of these upholstery videos the more i think about doing it myself when i get to that stage
Awesome Greg! You made some huge steps this weekend!
Your looking way more comfortable on the sewing machine, by the time your done with the Ghia your gonna be a pro buddy!
This one goes straight into my favorites, Awesome job!
Thanks John. I'm not ready for complex operations yet, the seats are fairly simple. I do feel like I've learned how to avoid puckers and ugly stitches. Tell you wife thanks for the kind words. It's been fun learning how to do this.
Great job as always Greg!! Those seats are going to be beautiful! I have learned so much by watching how you tackle each part of your project one step at a time.
Awesome work Greg...You built up my confidence...I think I'll try my seats
It just takes a bit of practice and a lot of patience. It's not a timed event, so go slow.
So glad you are doing it yourself. It's a great project to do.
I think that I will save this video for those nights when I cannot fall asleep because right now I'm about to pass out after watching it thanks for the sleep aid
well i really can appreciate the fact your making your own seat covers. When I did my 68 chevelle SS I orderd the seat covers and hog ringed them on. Great job bud.
You sir are a pro at whatever you set your mind to. Great job so far can't wait to see the finished product...By the way I used to do upholstery work..I hated every minute of it...Glad you have the patience for it. Take care. Rich
wow! Fluffed Marshmallow Vodka!!!! How could you pass that up!. Covers look great, can't wait to see them installed!
Thanks man! I'm going to the dry cleaners to pick up a couple bags. The seats aren't totally done yet but so far they are pretty darn cool.
Be proud of that seat man...looks sweet.
You should. All it takes is some patience and a good machine. The stitching is a piece of cake.
You are doing a fantastic job on the upholstery Greg.
Those covers look Great,I love the colors you chose. :-)
Oh yea, the colors look really nice together!
You are doing just fine. It has been 35 plus years since I did upholstery work. I did not do the sewing. I was the install guy seat covers headliners and convertible tops etc.
Been working ALL DAY on the seat install. Big learning curve there. And by the way... I'll pass up vodka in any form any day of the week.
Thanks Tom. I feel like the groundwork I laid last year with the headrest covers is paying off in spades. It's exciting to see my work coming out looking good.
Sweet man! Usually your upholstery supplier will have a bin of material that is the "end of the roll" stuff for real cheap. Buy a few yards of that stuff to practice with. Start by sewing straight lines, then practice your curves. The curves are very difficult. Sometimes I just turn the wheel by hand so I can go SUPER SLOW. If you run into trouble, send me a vid and I'll try to help you out.
Nice work greg. Great project!
great work! looks really good and professional!
Thanks. Not too bad for a complete hack right?!! LOL. It was a fun job, that's for sure.
Thanks Joe. Learning a lot on this one.
Great skills you have mate ,looking good.
Greg, My wife was a very accomplished seamstress in her younger days. Capable to making a man's suit if that's any indication of her skill. She said sewing upholstery is damn hard and you're doing a great job at it. Congratulations! Looks very nice to me.
Nice catch !! lol Cool to see you handle the seats! This is going to be my guide to upholstry :)
Wow awesome work on the seat covers, so glad your doing these video's, it's going to really help when I try to do my seats, not sure if I'm going to make my own like you or just replace the covers with some that will go with the look I'm shooting for, but I would like to try making my own!
The vinyl is called Bolta Soft. The tweed is duramax. Most upholstery supply shops will carry both lines. They will also carry backed and non-backed foam.
nice sewing machine. I'm over here trying to pleat a bike seat for my project with a home sewing machine with cheap walking foot attachment...nightmare! Good stuff you did there.
looks great man! step by step.nice vid.thanks for sharing
no need to take your stuff to the upholster shop,u r doing a great job,those seats look xcellent,ps my wife is watching for tips,shes going to give the novas interior a face lift,she likes what u r doing,thankx for showing your process,tc
Thanks man. I have a few of Pete's shirts. I really like them.
Looks excellent, my friend.
Nice work Greg!!
Nice work on the covers
Gregmporter, I had my fingers crossed for ya, but no need. This isn't your first rodeo. Walking foot, large spool of thread, pattern centers matched, seam allowances....even pleats? Impressive! Another tip of the hardhat to you sir. Off subject, Matt from SYF garage was telling me that Jeff (James Freddys) showed his friends Spitznagel on his video! but before he could explain it, his neighbor came over and he had to leave abruptly! Ok I'm done with that. Thanks Greg excellent job...as always!
Thanks. I like Pete's shirts a lot.
Thanks Cecil. And thanks again for the advice.
now owner of a sewing machine, I can do this!!! cheers for the vid
It looks like $500-$600 worth of work. Great job.
Thanks Dan! The interior is one of the first things VW guys ask... "where did you get those seats made?" I love telling them, "in my kitchen."
AWESOME JOB MAN! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK....STAY DUBBIN!
Thanks!! your work is very inspiring.
Maybe the plastic was to aid in assembly allowing the cover to slide easily over the foam?? This is a really cool video!
Thanks big jay... I'm only one man... I'll have part two soon.
Betsy Ross got nuthin on you! Great Job...thanks for the video!
I was a victim of the "shrinkage" problem as well. I was sewing door panel skins with vinyl over 3/8 inch scrim. I cut the foam scrim to the correct length of the door panel boards, then sewed vertical pleats spaced at 2 inches. Found my overall length was about 1 inch too short afterwards.
LOL!! It's good to know I'm not the only one! I guess that's how we learn. Thanks for checking out the vid!
Thanks! Yeah, the camera seems to be attracted by gravity more than anything else in my garage. I've learned to keep one eye on it at all times.
Thanks. It was a ton of fun.
Thanks man. It's a handful that's for sure.
Hello, beautiful work...when you sew pleats and if you're going to mark it with chalk. Do you mark the side that shows or the back of the fabric like in home-ec sewing a skirt? Thanks. Award Interiors -Dan, did my seat and yellow chalk marks are showing all on the front especially in the sunlight. Is that correct to mark the showing fabric??
You're watching one day behind reality. The bottoms are done. Gotta work on the tops tomorrow night.
Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for checking it out. I hope it was helpful for you.
Good stuff man, thanks for sharing!
Thanks! I like them more now that they are on the seats.
Thanks Gerald. Feeling is mutual.
Holy crap! That looks awesome! Nice ninja reflexes with the camera! Lol
holy cow!!!!!awsome job sir
Awesome, nice job!
LOOKS AWESOME!!!
very interesting vid....makes me wonder if i could do my seats on my f150....i like aztex design.
looks great what you've done so far. u have my vote for seamtress of the year....i'd be scared i'd sew my fingers togather
Thanks Ron. No time to let it loaf. Gotta keep moving like a shark.
Thanks man. The grass is o.k. Primer didn't hurt it.
the foam backing is called scrim usually 3/8 done many of seats, and always make things a little bigger then cut to size later
when sewing 2" bars into scrim and fabric...make the first front bar 2.5" .Then when the welt is sewn around the front it will be a 2" bar like the others as well..
I forgot to mention. that every sew line one sews with 1/2" it will shrink your product by about 1/8" overall...so 8 lines sewn you will lose about 1"...using 1" foam you will lose about 1/4'
Wow, very nice Greg, no loafing meat there
Thanks Mr. Joes.
Great work !
After watching your upholstering video's I may attack the passenger seat in my vehicle, it needs some tlc because the dog is the most frequent passenger and she's a little rough.
Regards,
Brad.
P.S. I like what you've done with the grass ;-)
Thanks HAMMA!!!
On our trip to Madison, we had glazed donut flavored vodka. I don't know who the vodka salesman is but he's doing a hell of a job.
nice video and very cool swrnc shirt
I appreciate it. I try to share what I know... I definitely don't know it all.
Thanks man! I couldn't agree more.
7:17 Sounds like a damn ghost went by lol I felt like I was watching a scene form a Paranormal Activity Movie.
LOL! Yeah, that's my garage ghost. He tips over my camera, throws my tools under the center of my cars and hides all my important fasteners.
Lol your right that was scary ha ha. He used to the ghost messing with him lol.
Thanks man. It's just like eating an elephant. One bite at a time.
covers look great
nicely done!
really Greg that was a great video later
Looks great like the seats how there coming along
Thanks man! Love the dub.
Greg, love your videos. They're REALLY helpful. I'm wondering if you kept the patterns for your seat covers so I can go do it myself?
Ben, I did not keep the patterns. I threw all the old upholstery away when I wrapped up the restoration. I think the pieces actually started shrinking once I took them off, so I suspect they wouldn't be much use now even if I still had them. I only say this because I have a boot for my convertible top and I was hoping to use it as a pattern... The boot probably shrank 3-4" and it won't even stretch over the top anymore.
Thanks Stu!
I am 100% happy with my machine. It's a Thompson Mini Walker. Sailrite bought the design and makes them now. The sailrite machines are supposed to be even better than what I have. There are a number of Asian made knockoffs that are NOT good. Buy from sailrite and you won't be sorry. The other option is to keep your eyes out for a used commercial walking foot, consew, singer, juki, etc.
I thought that might be the case. I wondered too if it was to help the covers slip on..?
Thanks Tony.
You did a great job, I wish I could have seen how you did the insert seaming and maybe more up close. Could you put the actual list of materials and part numbers in the About section?
Been watching these somewhat in order so I dont think you have covered this in detail yet. The headrests come off how? You said punching a pin out? Any pictures you could post? But I like the detail - said that before - keep up the great work.
Thanks Zig!
Thank ! Great color combo for the seats. i realy like the T- shirt. Ha Ha
Thanks Jeff!
Thanks Darrin.
Thanks Hanson.
great stuff....tony
Hey, I can use all the finger crossing I can get. I am a novice at best, but I refuse to settle for something I don't want. I'll have to check out the spitznagel... I've never heard of those.
Thank you!
HAHA!!! I love it! Thanks.
I said the same thing about two years ago. I just watched a few vids and practiced. These are my first real project. The machine is called a Thompson Mini Walker. They don't make them anymore. I got it used. There is a company called Sailrite that bought the design and they make similar models. The Sailrite is a much better machine.
Great vid.
Thanks
I love the video you walk their everything perfect
Thanks man!
I think I just had an epiphany... Donut flavored beer. Make it happen!
Thanks man.