I've always been scared to do leather. It's so expensive and I'm worried I might mess it up. I made a vinyl prototype first before doing this. Took me a liesurely 3 months to do these. I had to repair the driver side bolsters, which was a new skill, and the patterns killed me. These are old and rare Porsche sport seats. Sold them for $1350. The leather alone was $500 since they are full leather all the way around. 1.5 hide of regular and .5 hide of perferated. These are probably the most difficult seats I've done so far. I made about 7 cents/hr. I also learned what "good" leather is supposed look and feel like.
Before and After
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Wow, fantastic job! And with the experience that the job gave you, you earned more than 7 cents an hour.
Where did you get your leather?
"Wow" was my first thought also.
Learning curves can be a killer.
3 months: Sometimes it's great not to have a deadline.
Thanks for the pics.
gene
I got the leather at Veteran Company. Veterenco.com
It was very good stuff. Super soft and pliable.