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Hi does anyone know any where is the Bristol area that recovers seats?

Yes! Me in my lofty room by hand with no experience of upholstery what so ever
No really I am, 6hours for each seat dark purple leatherette with piping and all the trimmings must have had a funny turn when embarked on this mission!
Nice to see bristol peeps on here ,I see so many t25s around my way but not so many on here anyway! Considered getting someone to do mine was looking around 500+ cuz of material(18\22 per/m) then found remnant on fleabay for 30 so got rest of materials all in under 100 lots of my time spent but well worth it,saying that never again as it was a royal pita but if you do decide to attempt it yourself give me a shout and ill give you some tips

Good luck

Hi Paul here, I work in Bristol. What are you using to do the trimming and piping and is it front seats or rock and roll bed?
So many questions as contemplating reupholstering my r and r bed.

its the rock and roll bed im doing ... so the material fire retardent leatherette felt backed and little bit of stretch
piping from upholstery online store basically plastic pipe wrapped in faux leather with 10 mm skirt for pinning etc
purchased two leather hooked needles for stitching and an awl for making holes and some heavy duty thread the type
used for stitching leather, i didnt fancy pinning it so got some double sided fabric tape to hold everything in place
whilst i was stitching ... i also got free awl as was bogof deal on them came in handy too!!! the tape made it fairly easy to keep everything straight as i allowed 25 mm excess on material and cut my pattern very carefully them applied tape pealed back applied piping taped again and stuck edging on( not on the corners tho only on the straight edges ) dot marked material them perferated with awl had to do corner by touch and feel as piping has mind of its own when going round corners also had to tie on and off every 350 400mm as thread tends to fray from going through what is basically 4 layers of material ,fitted covers over foam stapled onto wood base them finished back with black lining carpet