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Covering Sun Visors
How to make sun visors from scratch. Details on cutting cardboard, glueing the fabric to the cardboard, and sewing.
http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/covering-sun-visors-118701.html
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Diamond Tufting 101
Discussion on how to do diamond tufting, with details on laying out the tufting on foam, cutting holes in each button location, determining the spacing, transferring dimensions to fabric, folding in all the tufts until they're uniform, and experimenting with vinyl. Also covers the need for a solid backing, covering the back springs, how to make buttons, tightening the buttons properly, and hiding stitch lines under the folds of the tufts.
http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/diamond-tufting-119843.html
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DIY Diamond Pleats/Quilting
Discusses how to do diamond pleats in automotive interiors. Details on foam selection, measuring/marking, and sewing.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=366975
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Tucks and Rolls and Pleats on a Small Door Panel
Discusses how to make a tuck-and-roll door panel, with details on laying out the panel, topstitching the pleat lines, folding the vinyl back on itself, sewing the pleats, making welt cord, taking out the bulk created by the tucking stitch, making the smooth portion of the panel, cementing it to the panel, wrapping the panel, and stapling.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=372599
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Upholstering Seat Covers
How to make basic pleated seat covers for a 1938 Ford truck. Details on repairing broken struts with sleeves made from brake line, marking frames/panels/padding, using hog rings and hog ring pliers to fasten vinyl to the seat frame, adding foam padding, shaping the foam corners with a sander, sewing the vinyl to sheet foam, sewing straight pleats, adding skirts, seaming the seats, sewing on welting/piping, and putting the cover on the frame and foam. Also explains how to fix empty holes resulting from the bobbin running out of thread.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=168060
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Cleaning Upholstery
How to clean different types of upholstery. Details on cleaning codes, polar and non-polar solvents, identifying a fabric's fiber, and problem fabrics/stains.
http://www.carrscorner.com/cleaning.php
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French Seam Tutorial
Step-by-step photos and explanation on doing french seams. Details on seaming mitered pieces together, spraying foam glue, glueing down the fabric, glueing on twill tape, and topstitching on both sides of the original center seam.
http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/french-seams-117488.html
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Gluing Vinyl To a Convex Shape
Details on how to glue vinyl to a convex shape, including information on starting at the highest point, glueing and letting the glue dry, glueing down the center hump, glueing the flat area, and stitching around the perimeter.
http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/gluing-vinyl-convex-shape-180007.html
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Hand Stitching Seams
Descriptions of various hand stitches, including the backstitch, fell stitch, drawing stitch, whipstitch, overcast stitch, slipstitch, blanket stitch, buttonhole stitch, baseball stitch, and catch stitch.
http://www.perestroika.ca/html2/vest/handstitching.php
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How to Make Upholstery Buttons
How to make upholstery buttons with a button maker. Details on using a figure-8 knot on the buttons, operating the button making machine, and a chart depicting the button making process.
http://alanhorvath.com/54chevy/button_maker.php
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