Thread: sewing machine recommendation?

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Back seat bottom is done.

Also.. the sun pulled out all the wrinkles from the passenger seat, and half the wrinkles from the driver seat! Another couple days, I think the driver side will be wrinkle free.

For a 1st timer they look real good.

X2, impressive when you think you haven't done this before!

X3, consider I did not break a needle making the last piece!

There might be hope for me.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

X3, There might be hope for me.

Ok total cost
$160 sewing machine
$305 fabric, welting, hog rings, hog ring pliers, shears, staples, staple gun., needles

$465, a savings of $535 under estimate!

Oh, and the wrinkle you see in the driver seat, is the only one left. The others baked out from the sun.

If it gets on my nerves, I'll pull the cover off and add some padding to the edge, otherwise:

On to the valve seals!

Don't forget, the satisfaction of doing it yourself = Priceless!

I am very impressed you did this yourself. Nice work!!

Hi, I do a lot of leather stitching, I have a ferdco 6/6 will sew up to 3/4 inch heavy stuff that's a 3 grand machine, but I also have a singer 29-9 circa 1929that u can run with a motor or trundle foot board, the neat thing about this one is you change the foot direction and not the material, and I have a consew circa 50's industrial sewing machine this bad boy will do almost 3000 stitches a minute, the good news is the last two machines I found on craigs list for nothing just come and get em read the add... If you do your own do a lot of practice runs... enjoy!!

I see someone dug up this old thread, so I'll post a follow up.

It looks like that bolt of hounds tooth pattern cloth may have been vintage.

The passenger seat ( which is almost un-used ) is utterly disintegrated.

Looks like I'll be re- doing the job.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

It looks like that bolt of hounds tooth pattern cloth may have been vintage. The passenger seat ( which is almost un-used ) is utterly disintegrated. Looks like I'll be re- doing the job.

That's a shame to be sure. But just more practice right? 8-)

Ya that was me, anything to do with sewing machines sparks my interest, Leathers (Tandy is a good source) have come a long way with embossed patterns and colors upholstery leathers are easy to sew too. I almost never trust fabric especially if its the customers...go luck with the re-do

VERSION 2:0

This seat was used maybe five times. Complete deterioration