Not much to report. I had to put the project on hold till after August 12th. My step mother passed away and I'm with my 83 yr old Dad. Helping him get through this tough time.
As for the project. It wasn't going smoothly. I started with the seat top. The most difficult of the whole process imo. The listing pocket ended up ripping away from the buttons. I went to the original cover and tried to repurpose the listing pocket from that.
The original listing pocket is vinyl sewed inside out. It either shrunk over time or never was the size that legendary used on the replacement covers. After attaching them to the foam, the original pocket was tighter and didn't match the one that legendary used. So I decided to try some fresh vinyl from Joann fabric's. The store suggested duck cloth to use, but the duck cloth seemed thinner than the material legendary used. The vinyl was the same thickness. Here are some pictures of where I ended up. I will give it a few more tries when we get back, but will go to a professional if I feel like I'm not going to succeed.
I definitely don't want to ruin the foam or the cover.
The original foam had burlap glued in these corner's.
Some scrap pieces cut ready to be glued in.
The headrest flap and burlap glued.
The cover's warming up in the sun.
Bummer, it ripped!
The original listing pocket installed. The pockets are held on by the buttons and spring washers.
The sucky fit. The headliner laid out in the background.
A close up of how tight the left side fit with the original listing pocket.
Picture of the right side with legendary listing pocket. It might not be visible, but legendary side fits loosely compared to the other side. So it really looks hokie like this.
