Title: My Sons VW BUS
Post by: BlueFlamingo on June 04, 2014, 11:59:55 am
Post by: BlueFlamingo on June 04, 2014, 11:59:55 am
2 years ago I restored a 1961 Lonestar Boat. Being a COB I decided to teach myself to do Upholstery and save the quoted $1,800 costs. I did a decent job, far from perfect, learned a lot using an Old Morse Home Machine so my son asked me to attempt to upholster his VW Bus.
Again, Being a COB, we used Donor Couch Foam from Craigslist for the cushions but over all I think it all came out pretty good. What do you all think. I bought a Tacsew 20U Zig Zag that I restored for $200.
(http://s1018.photobucket.com/user/WoodOnGlass/media/Upholsery%20Projects/FrontClose.jpg.html)
Again, Being a COB, we used Donor Couch Foam from Craigslist for the cushions but over all I think it all came out pretty good. What do you all think. I bought a Tacsew 20U Zig Zag that I restored for $200.
(http://s1018.photobucket.com/user/WoodOnGlass/media/Upholsery%20Projects/FrontClose.jpg.html)
Title: Re: My Sons VW BUS
Post by: BlueFlamingo on June 04, 2014, 01:02:15 pm
Post by: BlueFlamingo on June 04, 2014, 01:02:15 pm
So then, my Daughter had to get in the Act. She found this chair at a Thrift store
for $30 bucks and wanted to know if I would help her re-upholster it. I told her that was totally different than doing boats and cars but...You KNOW how Fathers are with their little girls soooo... we started...
I didn't have a clue what I was getting into. I found some videos on line on how to recover a wing back chair. She did not want to keep the flop down cushions on the back so we modified it to a single cushion and again used foam from a donor Couch from craigslist. The final product came out fairly well.
for $30 bucks and wanted to know if I would help her re-upholster it. I told her that was totally different than doing boats and cars but...You KNOW how Fathers are with their little girls soooo... we started...
I didn't have a clue what I was getting into. I found some videos on line on how to recover a wing back chair. She did not want to keep the flop down cushions on the back so we modified it to a single cushion and again used foam from a donor Couch from craigslist. The final product came out fairly well.
Title: Re: My Sons VW BUS
Post by: kodydog on June 05, 2014, 09:45:23 am
Post by: kodydog on June 05, 2014, 09:45:23 am
Nice bus. I often thought it would be cool to fix up a vintage van like that to make pick-ups and deliveries. Something customers would not soon forget.
Title: Re: My Sons VW BUS
Post by: Mike on June 07, 2014, 04:05:44 pm
Post by: Mike on June 07, 2014, 04:05:44 pm
nice classic boat where are you BF?
Title: Re: My Sons VW BUS
Post by: BlueFlamingo on June 08, 2014, 04:50:37 pm
Post by: BlueFlamingo on June 08, 2014, 04:50:37 pm
Mike,
I'm in Broken Arrow, OK. I've been admiring your work and learning a LOT from your pics and posts. I hope to learn a lot more as I continue to peruse the forum. I hope to be able to pic your brain as needed when I get more projects to do. I will be retiring in a couple of years and plan to try to do more upholstery work then. I really enjoy it and would like to learn more about it. I now have an old Rex 11-155R Walking Foot and it really is nice. If you read this would you have any idea why the REX works fine with #56 Thread but with #138 When I adjust the bobbin and the upper tension to accomodate the heavier thread it makes loops on the bottom and shreds the thred and when I try to reverse it breaks. It sews a beautiful stitch with the #56 thread. I took it to a pro repair shop for a tune up and they adjusted it and replaced the upper beehive tension spring to get it to work perfectly with the #56. I've toyed with the Bobbin and the upper tension with no luck. You got any Tips/Tricks of the trade that might help???
(http://s1018.photobucket.com/user/WoodOnGlass/media/Upholsery%20Projects/bobbinwinder.jpg.html)
I'm in Broken Arrow, OK. I've been admiring your work and learning a LOT from your pics and posts. I hope to learn a lot more as I continue to peruse the forum. I hope to be able to pic your brain as needed when I get more projects to do. I will be retiring in a couple of years and plan to try to do more upholstery work then. I really enjoy it and would like to learn more about it. I now have an old Rex 11-155R Walking Foot and it really is nice. If you read this would you have any idea why the REX works fine with #56 Thread but with #138 When I adjust the bobbin and the upper tension to accomodate the heavier thread it makes loops on the bottom and shreds the thred and when I try to reverse it breaks. It sews a beautiful stitch with the #56 thread. I took it to a pro repair shop for a tune up and they adjusted it and replaced the upper beehive tension spring to get it to work perfectly with the #56. I've toyed with the Bobbin and the upper tension with no luck. You got any Tips/Tricks of the trade that might help???
(http://s1018.photobucket.com/user/WoodOnGlass/media/Upholsery%20Projects/bobbinwinder.jpg.html)