Wombat2
16th June 2010, 10:36 AM
I am going to attempt to recover the seats in a Morris Mini I'm restoring. I have two different sets of covers to use as patterns that have been put together differently - and I've seen a third style of assembly.
The first from the same period as the car uses cotton flock material as the padding in the pleats - the pleats are folded with hidden stitching ( French Pleats?)
The second uses foam backed vinyl cut into strips then sewn together to simulate pleats and finally the third method was just a sheet of foam backed vinyl with rows of stitches to make pretend pleats.
I gather the progression was more to do with economics rather than function - I prefer the first as the stitching appears to be more flexable and not tear the vinyl as much.
Any thoughts as to what is preferable? Also is foam as effective and durable as the cotton wadding? and can you reuse the cotton wadding or is it better to use new?
The first from the same period as the car uses cotton flock material as the padding in the pleats - the pleats are folded with hidden stitching ( French Pleats?)
The second uses foam backed vinyl cut into strips then sewn together to simulate pleats and finally the third method was just a sheet of foam backed vinyl with rows of stitches to make pretend pleats.
I gather the progression was more to do with economics rather than function - I prefer the first as the stitching appears to be more flexable and not tear the vinyl as much.
Any thoughts as to what is preferable? Also is foam as effective and durable as the cotton wadding? and can you reuse the cotton wadding or is it better to use new?