How to Make a Car Seat Cover
- Step 1–Choose Fabric Pick fabric of your liking.
- Step 2–Make Measurements for the Cover Use the tape measure to determine how much material you will need.
- Step 3–Cut the Material Take the scissors and carefully cut the fabric along the delineated lines.
- Step 4–Join the Cover Pieces
- Step 5–Sew the Seat Cover
How do you make a car seat cover out of fabric?
Download Article Download Article A car seat cover is an easy way to protect your baby from the wind and cold on your way to and from your car. You can also use a car seat cover to block out light and provide a comfortable nap environment for your baby while you run errands. Making a car seat cover is easy and they are so useful! Make one for yourself or to give as a gift.
- 1 Purchase a yard of stretchy, breathable fabric. A stretchy knit or jersey fabric works well for making a baby car seat cover. This type of fabric will mold itself around the outside of the car seat for a snug fit while still allowing air to flow through the fabric.
- Jersey fabric and other types of stretch knit fabric will not fray around the edges and do not require hemming.
- Make sure to pre-wash the fabric to ensure that it won’t shrink after you make the car seat cover.
Tip Choose a lightweight stretch fabric for use during the summer months or a heavyweight stretch fabric for use during the winter months!
- 2 Fold the fabric in half width-wise. Take the 2 shortest ends of the fabric and line them up so that the fabric is folded in half. Smooth out the fabric to ensure that there are no bumps.
- Fold the fabric the same way that it was folded when it came off of the bolt.
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- 3 Insert a pin 6.5 in (17 cm) from the edge of the fold.
How do you attach a seat cover to the headrest?
Directions – Wash* and dry your towel and fleece. *I strongly recommend that you not wash a towel that has any white in the design with a new cranberry red shibori tie-dye shirt, unless you don’t mind pink! Cut the top and bottom edge off of the towel. Serge the outside edges of your fabric sandwich, making sure to catch all layers. At this point, I stopped to fit the cover to my bucket seats. The top part was flapping, so I cut off a diagonal of extra fabric to match the shape of the seat. Cut two pieces of ribbon (I recommend grosgrain) and stitch them in place along the top of the cover. Tie the seat cover in place around the headrest.
Can I measure my own car for seat covers?
Step 1: Find the Ugliest/cheapest Universal Carseat Cover. – The first step is to find the ugliest and/or cheapest (it is probably actually probably both THE ugliest & THE cheapest) universal car seat cover you can. I got mine on ebay for about 5 dollars.
- Why destroy something that is pretty? So, you don’t really need a seat cover to de-construct, you can look at my pattern pieces and copy them to some extent, but to make sure it fits great, you really should get a seat cover you can destroy first.
- I’ve been told you can get these at salvos (salvation army’s) or other thrift stores.
**please note** You can also measure your own seat to make the covers specific to your own car. I still suggest making what I’d call a “princess” seam (because it helps the seat fit nicely. It also give a better, more finished appearance.
How do I reupholster an old car seat?
Step 1: Make Your Pattern – First off, you need to have a pattern. The easiest way to get this, is to go and measure your old seat. If its a complicated seat, my recommendation would be to get some pieces of paper and cut them out to match the individual pieces that make up the seat. Enlarge these pieces a bit so you have a little bit of room to sew.
