Porsche Vinyl Sewing Project

I haven't done much sewing lately but Mike and I made some good progress on the interior of the Porsche restoration tonight. Mike is replacing all the vinyl on the inside since most of the old stuff is brittle and cracked. There were two things that needed to be done so Mike could continue working on some other things: 1) the underside of the windshield frame and 2) the lower pleated portion that sits behind the rear seats and the flat upper portion that sits under the back window. The underside of the windshield frame was really easy because I just needed to sew three pieces together. Once that was done, the portion behind the seats needed to be pleated. We did this by measuring and marking lines where the crease should be and then I sewed 1/4 inch from those lines. Mike did the measuring and marking (he'll be quilting in no time).

Once the lines were drawn it was my turn to do some more work.

Here is the completed back panel that goes behind the seats. You can see how much of an improvement this is from the old vinyl!

Then I sewed on the upper piece that goes under the rear window. We tried pinning this is place before I sewed it, but that didn't work, it ended up all bunched up and uneven. So we took out the pins and I just stretched it as I sewed and it turned out perfectly.

Now I hope it stays together once it's installed! We were pleased (especially Mike) at how quickly this project went and how well it turned out. Here's another business venture I could pursue....Porsche restorers might pay good money for one of these. It would cost them about $250 for one of these -- I could sell them for a little less and do quite well :)