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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: AntiBling on March 11, 2007 11:59 pm

Title: Interiors
Post by: AntiBling on March 11, 2007 11:59 pm

My sister has always been good with the needle, and I saw a post on the HAMB about recovering seats, and I thought of her and asked her if she'd ever thought about doing something like that.  

She said she had thought of it before, but figured you had to go to school for it, I showed her the thread and she's getting interested in it now.

We had a gal here that used to do upholstery but she's on the road with her husband in the semi all the time now, so she's got all the tools sitting around, I'm gonna talk to her about it.  

If we can get her the tools to get going, I'm gonna get her my '49 seat and buy her some materials to get started on this.  

She lives in Fargo, so my question is, is there already pretty well established places people already take their stuff too or could she make some extra cash off this?  

Would anyone else be interested in paying for the materials and have their seats recovered so she can get a few done to show what she can do?

Title: RE: Interiors
Post by: sixinarow on March 12, 2007 1:22 am

i might be interested in having something done. i sort of tried my hand at it but havent gotten back into it for a while

Title: RE: Interiors
Post by: 31Rodder on March 12, 2007 1:36 am

I might be interested in that if the turn around isnt too long.  Its almost time to drive again.

Title: auto trim book
Post by: JakesBackyard on March 12, 2007 1:48 am

Here's an outstanding book that may help your sister or anyone else interested.  It gets down to the real basics of auto upholstery.  It has a step by step on reupholstering a truck seat.  Good book.

http://www.motorbooks.com/Store/ProductDetails_9492.ncm

I think Tom got it for Xmas.  Tom....have you stitched any fingers yet?

There's piles of upholstery work out there to do.

I've got all the pics of making trim panels from scratch ready for a tech post, but I'm busy finishing a project in the backyard right now.  Hopefully I'll get them up later this week.

Title: RE: auto trim book
Post by: CJHacker on March 12, 2007 6:12 am

There are a few places around town, but I think there's still a demand for more.  I'm sure turnaround time is a big deal, and maybe she can find a specialty.

Title: RE: auto trim book
Post by: prettyboyhats on March 16, 2007 10:35 pm

Elite Trim and Billys Customs Cover Up are the two main places to go for auto upholstery work. Billys is about the only place in the area that specializes in street rods, Elite does alot of the newer stuff. Stitches I think now is just a supplier for materials and doesnt do the work anymore. Alot of the old guys arent doing it anymore so there are less places to go.