I've been called a lot of things in my life, but Martha Stewart ... that's just harsh

Bansheeman, Go for it ... ACU would look real nice in a gray interior. Multicam is nice, but I've had a hard time finding any reasonably priced fabric.

I hadn't done much sewing when I made these, but this is how I got it to work (I'm sure a real upholstery guy will have a good laugh about now ). I took some heavy clear plastic sheeting, placed it over each panel on the factory seat cover, and traced the panel on to the plastic. I then traced from the plastic onto the fabric (cut the plastic to the shape of the panel first), cut the fabric about 1/2" larger than the plastic template all around, and sewed the pieces together. The backs are velcroed to themselves under the bottom of the cushion, while the bottoms are held on w/ a combination of hook side velcro attached to the existing carpet on the seat (carpet acts like the loop side of velcro), and some heavy steel binder clips. The covers stay tight like the factory covers. They weren't hard to make, they just took some time.

 

Sorry, just came to mind. No harm intended. Looks good. I was just down at the fabric place last week helping a friend pick out some vinyl for wrapping a stereo install project (mounts for amps and x overs). Seat covers came to mind when I saw some samples I liked, but lack of sewing ability resulted in leaving the store without any fabric. Not a bad idea the way you did it though. Might have to give it a whirl sometime. Since my drivers seat has a tear and the fabric is pretty worn.

 

the covers look great!

 

Good Job on the seat covers. You have a well recognized skill set.

 

can you go a little more in depth on how you went about making them? i would love to make a set of them for my truck

 

First, I have to say again, I really have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to sewing. When my wife brought home the machine, I sat down and started playing w/ it. I had only made a few crude bags before I made the seatcovers.

I started w/ the drivers seat back, starting at the headrest (4 panels), and working down the front (2 panels), the back (1 panel), and then the sides (1 panel each). As I sewed on each panel, I was repeatedly test fitting what I had made so far and made adjustments as necessary ( I had the seats out of the truck for much of this time).

The seat bottom was made a similar way, starting w/ the front edge and working my way back and around. The panels I sewed together are the same shape/size as the panels on the factory cover. Once I made the drivers seat, the 60 portion of the seat was just more of the same, slightly modified.

All the panels are sewed together inside out, so they're no raw edges of the cloth exposed on the finished surface. I used upholstery thread, and the MARPAT fabric is a cotton/poly twill which seems pretty tough. I used about 4 yds at approx 60" wide for the covers, but I came up a little short (still need to cover the rest of the fold down console and add some "map pockets" to the backs).

I basically just figured it out as I went along. You should really go for it ... not hard to do, just takes a little time.

 

i got them crappy seats with the belt on the seat....so thats gunna be an issue . i will try! ty

 

I would gladly pay you to make me front and back seatcovers in either ACU or Marpat for my '02 Sport Trac. The front seats are just like yours and the back bench is 40/60.

 

Fairlaner: those seat covers look excellent. I am very impressed. You are one talented person.