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@@toddathey1235 Hello Todd, I am sorry to say that I do not have a video of that. I have had to handstitch in the past so it is a thing. Please keep liking and watching!
I used this padded version of a tuck in my nephews 69 Chevelle seats and in my 71 Camaro seats. Done in original style; just fattened up a little. Thanks for your help with us amateur upholstery guys.
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Hello Tim, You are so welcome! Yep, I know how he feels. I was doing this decades, and decades, and decades and decades ago myself. Hehe. Please keep liking and watching!
Excellent timing. I need to make seat bottoms for a Fiat 501C that has leather seat backs. It has nine pleats across the bench and I was wondering how to do it. Thanks Rudolph!
I'm going to use 1/2" padded pleats for center pannels that run horizontal. There's a fabric pull at chest height. That pull line is the seam I will transition to 2x2 diamonds that taper out to the shoulder area .... hard to describe what I see in my head. But it looks good to me. Thanks for the videos. These have inspired me to buy sewing machines to pursue a new career. From mechanic to upholstery. Looking for a new head to purchase. I have an older juki Lu563-3 no reverse. It's a bit worn but it does pretty good. A consew 255rb is in my sights.
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Automobile, I would never own a boat which some refer to as a large hole in the water in which you place all your earnings. Love watching your videos and only recently discovered them. I find them very educational and encouraging. I hope to get a new Consew 1260RB-1 for my auto rebuild project. My dad used to do auto upholster, and learned furniture upholstery and how to build furniture from scratch back in the 1930's. For recovering a seat, he would use a soap stone, lay the cloth, usually Naugahyde, over the seat, mark it out on where to make cuts using a series of properly placed dashes, take it inside, cut sew and then come out and recover with hog rings. He knew how to put all the piping and the lasts and whatever else in and rarely did he have to cut and resew. I wish I would have been more interested when I was young. He did it so quickly that I just accepted it and thought I would rather turn wrenches. I think I really missed the boat. He worked at GM Fisher Body from 1935 to 1970 and most of his tenure was in the foreman capacity. Thanks for posting videos. Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! Thinking about how he would wood reupholster furniture with tacks and a tack hammer, placing a bunch of sanitized tacks in his mouth and us the magnetic end of the hammer to start the tack, turn it around and hammer it in. Staples would never have been used in those days and some tacks had really fancy heads used on some upholstery, exposed tacks often times were made of brass. I wonder if sanitized tacks are still available and also how he didn't impale his mouth with the tacks.
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Just discovered your channel, I was highly intimidated by the idea of making my own car seat covers but your explanations give me hope! Thanks for the great content
My friend, my mother was an old-school seamstress from Italy. She did it all her life. She used to make my shirts when I was a boy and she put a tag on it a designer tag. I sit here and watch you work because it reminds me of my mom, I miss her ,anyway friend arrivederci Paisan
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I always loved the super plush/cushy thick looking luxury pleats, diamond pleats etc, like Buick Park Avenue pillow top or diamond tufted leather in the early seventies Buick Electra limited like my friends dad had, or the best ever the Cadillac Fleetwood Talisman interior, now THAT was a cushy interior - or the same era Olds ninety-eight Regency pillow top etc. those were some really nice comfortable cushy seats in big comfortable smooth riding cars, nothing like them on the road today
Hello Yambo, Yep, like sitting on a sofa. Yet some of the most difficult seat upholstery to duplicate. I always called them "Pillow style" Hehe Please keep liking and watching!
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Super Thanks works my friend. I'll use that technique 732 on my car seats. I never thought of using it on my sailboat cushions... how would the pleated pattern look with a printed pattern material? Thank you for the video, I appreciate you!
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Roll and pleat or tuck in roll is different than just top stitching pleats. When I was in the biz I would have to explain that weekly and the price difference.
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I am curious if you can put a top stitch in on the face of that sample for that decorative look of stitching along both sides of each one of those plates
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Thank you for your reply. Yes. French stitch that’s it!! I recall now from watching you on the Ferrari. I want to learn this because I want to redo my boat upholstery. Do you think I can accomplish this with a household sewing machine or should I invest in a walking foot juki
@@gillewis6666 Hello Gill, You are so welcome! It will be very difficult to do on a home machine with very thin cotton thread. Not a good idea. Really any industrial sewing machine will do new or used with reverse, a walking foot, and a welt foot. You can sew and make anything. Please keep liking and watching!
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ello Gabriel, When that was popular, I let other people do that while I was doing million dollar 1930's classic cars. Sorry to say that even after 44 years, I have no low rider experience. Good suggestion though. Please keep liking and watching!
Hello Kip, Actually, Sewing allowance is around 1/4", but the material from that turns our to be about 1/2". Plus maybe another 1?2" for the third dimension of the roll. Please keep liking and watching!
Hello Phillip, Thank you so much for saying so. I am just getting ready to do such that. I will be doing a French stich until I get to the insert at which I will be doing a top stich. Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery That is awesome Rudy. I am so appreciative that you will be doing this upcoming video just as I am appreciative of every video you have made. Keep up the good work along with teaching us how to do it Phillip Hall.
@PhillipHall01 Hello Phillip, I'll be right there with you brother. I am just glad that somebody is watching. Sitting here behind the keyboard, it's hard to tell. Please keep liking and watching!
Hello Tom, Thank you so much for saying so! I really appreciate it. Well, I wouldn't know, I've never used one. I'm old school I guess. Hehe Please keep liking and watching!
Hello Joe, Thank you so much for saying so. Well, when I'm very focused on my sewing, sometimes it's just a feeling I get to check the bobbin. A lot of the times, I'm surprised that I checked just in time before it ran out. Sometimes, I will just run out without warning. But most of the time, I just check it often and especially if I am going to be doing a top stitch. Please keep liking and watching!
Hi Richard, thx again for sharing youknowledge! As always, I have a question for you: do you have a standard stitchlength, or does it vary? If it´s standard, what is it (in mm please 😉)? my guess would be 3-4mm..,.
Hello Diet, You are so welcome! I find my common stitch length on my machine dial is on 7. I think like you said, about 3-4mm. I go smaller for small projects and larger for large projects. Please keep liking and watching!
It's not too critical on small pieces but if you're going across the back of a seat especially a bench seat you have to calculate in for loss of material from the pleats or you'll be short when it comes to sewing it into your side panels. At 1/8 seam allowance your losing a 1/4+ inch per pleat. I'm not good at math so I just give enough to make one or two extra pleats balance it to the pattern and trim back what is needed. I wasted mine on an RV.
I would like to do this non a square body pickup truck with added side pockets. I would also like to do this on the doos and door panels. How much trouble. Would they be Rudy? Thanks , Phillip
Hello Phillip, Go for it, Square body truck it is! Maybe some trouble for some, but maybe not so much for others... Just sayin'. Please keep liking and watching!
I've watched and liked several of your videos now. I am brand new at this and looking to buy a machine and make my own upholstery for my 1967 C10 pick up bench seat. I want to put fabric inserts in the seat separated by a middle vinyl piece and vinyl along the sides and vinyl skirts of course. Can I use material inserts without putting in pleats? Would it be better, like more durable to have pleats? If so should I use padded or non paded pleats? Thanks for your help with these questions and your great videos.
Hello Actor, You are so welcome! What you described are classic old school truck seat upholstery. I have a few videos about exactly this. I would use 1/2" scrim foam to sew in the pleats. Pleats do keep everything together nicely. However, I have done it both with and without pleats. Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery thanks for the reply would you have any pics of old truck bench seats with and without pleats in the inserts? It took me a long time yo find the fabric for the inserts and I'm scared of screwing it up.
@@Actor-Singer Hello Actor, Go to the truck seat section on my website Rudolphsupholstery.com This can give you some ideas. Please keep liking and watching!
Hello Michael, Matching vinyl's is the easiest because of the many colors and grains. Fabrics are harder to close match. Start by locating an upholstery supplier near you. Please keep liking and watching!
Hello Daja, That would be true if your tension is loose. Just get the correct tension and you will never see the bobbin thread. Please keep liking and watching!
Even though these Roll and Pleat samples didn't do a lock stitch i have a question. should every beginning and end of a stitch get 1-2 backstitches and continue forward 1-2 stitches to finish a lock stick when not working on a sample piece? Also are you sponsored or have a referral link for any materials you use so if we want to purchase some for our projects, you get some clicks on links or referral points? Edit: I could use that roll and pleat on a four wheeler or in Datsun
Hello Tea, Yep your right. no lock stitch on these samples. A good lock stitch is always a good habit. I never beg for sponsors as I pay for everything. I never want to waste my viewer's time with commercials in my videos. My income from videos is supplemented by viewers contributing by hitting the Super Thanks button. For materials, just Google, "Upholstery supplier near me". I use Keyston bros. they have several locations in the USA and they deliver. Go for it on the 4-wheeler or Datsun! Please keep liking and watching!
Hello Miz, You can bring it to me and I can measure it for you. Right! Usually I measure from left to right. A roll of vinyl is usually 54 inches wide. I always add an extra yard so I don't come up short. Please keep liking and watching!
I wanted to do this technique yesterday on a vehicle i am working on, but i gotta figure out the math part on overall width. I just did a standard exposed stich to scrim because it was easier (almost no math Lol) but the appearance of what you showed looks amazing. I am going to do that in the classic van. Btw, i saw that you backstitch at the start, but do you usually back stitch at the end of a run?
Hello Lynch, I like the idea that you are willing to experiment. That is how we learn. That classic van will be amazing. Keep on truckin', Hehe I didn't bother locking my stitch because this was just a sample. For this type of backstitch, it would be a good habit to lock stitch. Please keep liking and watching!
Hello Randell, I really appreciate you hanging in there with me! I'm sure you will do an awesome job with your motorcycle seat. Please keep liking and watching!
I own a upholstery workshop however I'm not a master in it, i can only do headliners.. bit my dad is working for me and he is a master. I come here to learn from you bc when I ask my dad to teach me something or let me see how something needs to be done he'll always respond with " no time for thst bs "... That's why I'm learning from youtube instead from my master of upholstery dad.. Thank you for learning me that :) Can you record a movie for me like the basic technics on how to measure and sew vinyl or textile for a car when you doesn't have template? I mean when there is only foam no textil or vinyl at all. Thank you in advance :)
Hello Azi, I commend your effort to learn. Your already ahead of most people. I do have several videos on my channel about making seat covers without patterns. Feel free to ask questions as you watch. I'll be there for you and I answer every comment. Just go for it. Remember, learning is doing! Please keep liking and watching!
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@@toddathey1235 Hello Todd, I am sorry to say that I do not have a video of that. I have had to handstitch in the past so it is a thing. Please keep liking and watching!
Thanks for continuing to share your real world experience!
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Very cool lesson there buddy...thank you!
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I used this padded version of a tuck in my nephews 69 Chevelle seats and in my 71 Camaro seats. Done in original style; just fattened up a little. Thanks for your help with us amateur upholstery guys.
Hello Ray, You are so welcome! I can see that now. I bet they turned out really nice. Please keep liking and watching!
Thanks for the demonstration!! I was curious as to how it was done!!👍🏽🙏🏽
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Excellent information and demonstration. Many thanks for posting. I found it so helpful for my up coming project in repairing a 1956 Austin seats.
Hello Multi, You are so welcome! I am sure you will do just fine with your Austin seats. Please keep liking and watching!
Another awesome video! Thank you sir for your time and patience. These videos are really excellent for truly demonstrating technique!
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Geat video like too see you do Button Dimond Tuff . I want to do it in my Pete. Can't wait for next one!
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Thanks Richard, There was a guy back in the day here locally name was tutor weaver he did alot of tuck and roll.😊
Hello Tim, You are so welcome! Yep, I know how he feels. I was doing this decades, and decades, and decades and decades ago myself. Hehe. Please keep liking and watching!
Excellent timing. I need to make seat bottoms for a Fiat 501C that has leather seat backs. It has nine pleats across the bench and I was wondering how to do it. Thanks Rudolph!
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You are helping to build confidence in completing the seats for my 1975 MG Midget.
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I'm going to use 1/2" padded pleats for center pannels that run horizontal. There's a fabric pull at chest height. That pull line is the seam I will transition to 2x2 diamonds that taper out to the shoulder area .... hard to describe what I see in my head. But it looks good to me. Thanks for the videos. These have inspired me to buy sewing machines to pursue a new career. From mechanic to upholstery. Looking for a new head to purchase. I have an older juki Lu563-3 no reverse. It's a bit worn but it does pretty good. A consew 255rb is in my sights.
Hello Andrew, Your on your way! I love hearing good news like this. Just keep going as it just gets better and better. Please keep liking and watching!
Think I will do my 04 Dodge Ram with the scrim . See if I can get my old High School buddy Roland Pleat to help me with it. Thanks Richard!
Hello Ny, You are so welcome! Yep, Roland that Dodge Ram! I think you're going to love it. Please keep liking and watching!
Automobile, I would never own a boat which some refer to as a large hole in the water in which you place all your earnings. Love watching your videos and only recently discovered them. I find them very educational and encouraging. I hope to get a new Consew 1260RB-1 for my auto rebuild project. My dad used to do auto upholster, and learned furniture upholstery and how to build furniture from scratch back in the 1930's. For recovering a seat, he would use a soap stone, lay the cloth, usually Naugahyde, over the seat, mark it out on where to make cuts using a series of properly placed dashes, take it inside, cut sew and then come out and recover with hog rings. He knew how to put all the piping and the lasts and whatever else in and rarely did he have to cut and resew. I wish I would have been more interested when I was young. He did it so quickly that I just accepted it and thought I would rather turn wrenches. I think I really missed the boat. He worked at GM Fisher Body from 1935 to 1970 and most of his tenure was in the foreman capacity. Thanks for posting videos. Aaaahhhhhhhhhhhh! Thinking about how he would wood reupholster furniture with tacks and a tack hammer, placing a bunch of sanitized tacks in his mouth and us the magnetic end of the hammer to start the tack, turn it around and hammer it in. Staples would never have been used in those days and some tacks had really fancy heads used on some upholstery, exposed tacks often times were made of brass. I wonder if sanitized tacks are still available and also how he didn't impale his mouth with the tacks.
Hello 4speed, I am so glad you found my channel. Thanks for hanging in there with me. They thought the Naugahyde was going to be discontinued until another island was discovered with wild an rapidly producing Naugahs. Hehe! Oh, those wonderful memories. Tack and hog rings in the mouth. Metal taste. Get on that Consew, make something, maybe a lot of money. Please keep liking and watching!
I don’t know if you remember my comments, but I make handbags and took a job at a local shoe repair shop to learn upholstery and how to work with leather. I am now being considered for a job with a great company doing upholstery. So, thank you for your videos. I have learned so much from you!
Hello Dana, There are 5000 comments on my channel. Of course I remember you! Congratulations, I love hearing good news like this. Go get 'em!
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Just discovered your channel, I was highly intimidated by the idea of making my own car seat covers but your explanations give me hope! Thanks for the great content
Hello Hannevb, Well, welcome aboard. I love hearing good news like this. Please keep liking and watching!
My friend, my mother was an old-school seamstress from Italy. She did it all her life. She used to make my shirts when I was a boy and she put a tag on it a designer tag. I sit here and watch you work because it reminds me of my mom, I miss her ,anyway friend arrivederci Paisan
Hello Jojo, Memories. I love hearing stories like this. You still have here everyday as do I my late father. In our memories. We love forever. Please keep liking and watching!
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I always loved the super plush/cushy thick looking luxury pleats, diamond pleats etc, like Buick Park Avenue pillow top or diamond tufted leather in the early seventies Buick Electra limited like my friends dad had, or the best ever the Cadillac Fleetwood Talisman interior, now THAT was a cushy interior - or the same era Olds ninety-eight Regency pillow top etc. those were some really nice comfortable cushy seats in big comfortable smooth riding cars, nothing like them on the road today
Hello Yambo, Yep, like sitting on a sofa. Yet some of the most difficult seat upholstery to duplicate. I always called them "Pillow style" Hehe Please keep liking and watching!
You have inspired me to go buy a sewing machine and go for it. Well here it goes 😅…. I hope 🤞
Hello Jaime, Remember, a new or used sewing machine doesn't really matter. Just get it done. You are your best teacher. Please keep liking and watching!
Super Thanks works my friend. I'll use that technique 732 on my car seats. I never thought of using it on my sailboat cushions... how would the pleated pattern look with a printed pattern material? Thank you for the video, I appreciate you!
Hello Greg, You are so welcome! Thank you so much for your support. As you know, I don't bore my viewer's with sponsor commercials for income. Yep, good 'Ol #732. Not sure about patterned material, but I can use my imagination right? Go for it. Please keep liking and watching!
Roll and pleat or tuck in roll is different than just top stitching pleats. When I was in the biz I would have to explain that weekly and the price difference.
Hello Fire, Yep, there is a little more work to it here. Please keep liking and watching!
I used tuck and roll with cotton batting on my 1931 Model A. A lot of work but enjoyable to do.
Hello Todd, Yep, satisfying. You might enjoy watching this: How To 1920's 1930's Car Seat Auto Upholstery th-cam.com/video/88yfee_O4jY/w-d-xo.html Please keep liking and watching!
Thanks for sharing.
Hello Joan, You are so welcome! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch my videos. Please keep liking and watching!
I am curious if you can put a top stitch in on the face of that sample for that decorative look of stitching along both sides of each one of those plates
Hello Gill, I think you are talking about a French Stitch. A little different process. See this: th-cam.com/video/dLBUzECeSKY/w-d-xo.html Please keep liking and watching!
Thank you for your reply. Yes. French stitch that’s it!! I recall now from watching you on the Ferrari. I want to learn this because I want to redo my boat upholstery. Do you think I can accomplish this with a household sewing machine or should I invest in a walking foot juki
@@gillewis6666 Hello Gill, You are so welcome! It will be very difficult to do on a home machine with very thin cotton thread. Not a good idea. Really any industrial sewing machine will do new or used with reverse, a walking foot, and a welt foot. You can sew and make anything. Please keep liking and watching!
Thanks for sharing this. For a beginner like me, it's gold. New subscriber
Hello Frank, Thanks for the sub! Welcome aboard. You are so welcome, For a beginner, would suggest going through my channel as there is so much to learn. Also, you may have noticed that I answer every comment question. Just let me know if I can help you. Please keep liking and watching!
Danke!
Hello Diet, Thank you so much for your support! I really appreciate you. Please keep liking and watching!
How about white tuck and roll in the rear wheel wells of a hot rod Model A? Good stuff.
Hello 836, Yep that works! Please keep liking and watching!
Thanks great video.
Hello Course, You are so welcome! I am so glad you liked it. Please keep liking and watching!
Can you do an oldschool 70s lowrider style biscuit tufted upholstery demonstration?
ello Gabriel, When that was popular, I let other people do that while I was doing million dollar 1930's classic cars. Sorry to say that even after 44 years, I have no low rider experience. Good suggestion though. Please keep liking and watching!
If I understand correctly I need to add 1/4 inch extra per tuc n roll to the width,
Hello Kip, Actually, Sewing allowance is around 1/4", but the material from that turns our to be about 1/2". Plus maybe another 1?2" for the third dimension of the roll. Please keep liking and watching!
Good Stuff Rudy! Wonder what these pleats with a top sear pattern would look like with French stitches around the edges of the seats?
Hello Phillip, Thank you so much for saying so. I am just getting ready to do such that. I will be doing a French stich until I get to the insert at which I will be doing a top stich. Please keep liking and watching!
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That is awesome Rudy. I am so appreciative that you will be doing this upcoming video just as I am appreciative of every video you have made. Keep up the good work along with teaching us how to do it Phillip Hall.
@PhillipHall01 Hello Phillip, I'll be right there with you brother. I am just glad that somebody is watching. Sitting here behind the keyboard, it's hard to tell. Please keep liking and watching!
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I am and I will! Thanks Rudy!
Phillip
@@PhillipHall01 Hello Phillip, Right On! Right on.
Beautiful.
More terminology (for not really necessary but useful tools) Edge-guide presser foot.
Hello Tom, Thank you so much for saying so! I really appreciate it. Well, I wouldn't know, I've never used one. I'm old school I guess. Hehe Please keep liking and watching!
Great video ... with your vast experience how do you keep track of the bobbin thread when your doing a big project with long stitch runs?
Hello Joe, Thank you so much for saying so. Well, when I'm very focused on my sewing, sometimes it's just a feeling I get to check the bobbin. A lot of the times, I'm surprised that I checked just in time before it ran out. Sometimes, I will just run out without warning. But most of the time, I just check it often and especially if I am going to be doing a top stitch. Please keep liking and watching!
Hi Richard,
thx again for sharing youknowledge! As always, I have a question for you: do you have a standard stitchlength, or does it vary? If it´s standard, what is it (in mm please 😉)? my guess would be 3-4mm..,.
Hello Diet, You are so welcome! I find my common stitch length on my machine dial is on 7. I think like you said, about 3-4mm. I go smaller for small projects and larger for large projects. Please keep liking and watching!
thank you
Hello DD, You are so welcome! Thanks for hanging in there with me. Please keep liking and watching!
It's not too critical on small pieces but if you're going across the back of a seat especially a bench seat you have to calculate in for loss of material from the pleats or you'll be short when it comes to sewing it into your side panels. At 1/8 seam allowance your losing a 1/4+ inch per pleat. I'm not good at math so I just give enough to make one or two extra pleats balance it to the pattern and trim back what is needed. I wasted mine on an RV.
Hello Vlad, You're right, for longer width distances, I leave extra material just in case. Just like you said. Please keep liking and watching!
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Hello Mark, Thank you so much for saying so! It means a lot to me. See you next time. Please keep liking and watching!
Loving your videos!!!
Hello Mike, Thank you so much for saying so! Thanks for hanging in there with me. Please keep liking and watching!
I would like to do this non a square body pickup truck with added side pockets. I would also like to do this on the doos and door panels. How much trouble. Would they be Rudy?
Thanks ,
Phillip
Hello Phillip, Go for it, Square body truck it is! Maybe some trouble for some, but maybe not so much for others... Just sayin'. Please keep liking and watching!
I've watched and liked several of your videos now. I am brand new at this and looking to buy a machine and make my own upholstery for my 1967 C10 pick up bench seat. I want to put fabric inserts in the seat separated by a middle vinyl piece and vinyl along the sides and vinyl skirts of course. Can I use material inserts without putting in pleats? Would it be better, like more durable to have pleats? If so should I use padded or non paded pleats? Thanks for your help with these questions and your great videos.
Hello Actor, You are so welcome! What you described are classic old school truck seat upholstery. I have a few videos about exactly this. I would use 1/2" scrim foam to sew in the pleats. Pleats do keep everything together nicely. However, I have done it both with and without pleats. Please keep liking and watching!
@@oldschoolautoupholstery thanks for the reply would you have any pics of old truck bench seats with and without pleats in the inserts? It took me a long time yo find the fabric for the inserts and I'm scared of screwing it up.
@@Actor-Singer Hello Actor, Go to the truck seat section on my website Rudolphsupholstery.com This can give you some ideas. Please keep liking and watching!
How do you get seat material to match when you may only be upholstering one seat?
Hello Michael, Matching vinyl's is the easiest because of the many colors and grains. Fabrics are harder to close match. Start by locating an upholstery supplier near you. Please keep liking and watching!
Remember everyone if you sew from the back side you bobin color will be seen on your pleats.
Hello Daja, That would be true if your tension is loose. Just get the correct tension and you will never see the bobbin thread. Please keep liking and watching!
Even though these Roll and Pleat samples didn't do a lock stitch i have a question. should every beginning and end of a stitch get 1-2 backstitches and continue forward 1-2 stitches to finish a lock stick when not working on a sample piece?
Also are you sponsored or have a referral link for any materials you use so if we want to purchase some for our projects, you get some clicks on links or referral points?
Edit: I could use that roll and pleat on a four wheeler or in Datsun
Hello Tea, Yep your right. no lock stitch on these samples. A good lock stitch is always a good habit. I never beg for sponsors as I pay for everything. I never want to waste my viewer's time with commercials in my videos. My income from videos is supplemented by viewers contributing by hitting the Super Thanks button. For materials, just Google, "Upholstery supplier near me". I use Keyston bros. they have several locations in the USA and they deliver. Go for it on the 4-wheeler or Datsun! Please keep liking and watching!
How many yards of Vinyl do you need for a bench seat?
Hello Miz, You can bring it to me and I can measure it for you. Right! Usually I measure from left to right. A roll of vinyl is usually 54 inches wide. I always add an extra yard so I don't come up short. Please keep liking and watching!
I wanted to do this technique yesterday on a vehicle i am working on, but i gotta figure out the math part on overall width. I just did a standard exposed stich to scrim because it was easier (almost no math Lol) but the appearance of what you showed looks amazing. I am going to do that in the classic van.
Btw, i saw that you backstitch at the start, but do you usually back stitch at the end of a run?
Hello Lynch, I like the idea that you are willing to experiment. That is how we learn. That classic van will be amazing. Keep on truckin', Hehe I didn't bother locking my stitch because this was just a sample. For this type of backstitch, it would be a good habit to lock stitch. Please keep liking and watching!
Does it matter what size thread you use?!?
Hello Sam, For the tuck & roll, thread size does not matter as it is not seen. Please keep liking and watching!
72 K5 Blazer
Hello Abstract, Oh, yea! That good 'Ol K5! Go for it! Please keep liking and watching!
I’ve been watching you for a few months now, I’d like to try my hand at pleating my motorcycle seat. Not sure how to design the pattern yet though.
Hello Randell, I really appreciate you hanging in there with me! I'm sure you will do an awesome job with your motorcycle seat. Please keep liking and watching!
Hi Richard what stitch lenght do you use on those panels please?
Hello Nigel, The stich length selector on my Juki sewing machine says "7" Please keep liking and watching!
Stop Drop Tuck Roll and Pleat!!
Hello Unfinished, Which was safer, a table, or your little school desk? Hehe Please keep liking and watching!
I own a upholstery workshop however I'm not a master in it, i can only do headliners.. bit my dad is working for me and he is a master.
I come here to learn from you bc when I ask my dad to teach me something or let me see how something needs to be done he'll always respond with " no time for thst bs "...
That's why I'm learning from youtube instead from my master of upholstery dad..
Thank you for learning me that :)
Can you record a movie for me like the basic technics on how to measure and sew vinyl or textile for a car when you doesn't have template?
I mean when there is only foam no textil or vinyl at all.
Thank you in advance :)
Hello Azi, I commend your effort to learn. Your already ahead of most people. I do have several videos on my channel about making seat covers without patterns. Feel free to ask questions as you watch. I'll be there for you and I answer every comment. Just go for it. Remember, learning is doing! Please keep liking and watching!