Encouraged by the results so far I started working on templates for the seat cover. Unlike the rest of the seats, I wasn’t able to use the original front seat covers to make templates. The front and sides were OK, but the top was just too messed up to use.
No problem! All that I need to do is make a template from scratch. Dig out the construction paper, take measurements from the seat frame and foam, lay it out on the paper, cut it out, and lay the paper on the seat. Yeah, that looks pretty good!
Transfer the template from paper to vinyl, cut it out, sew it together, and fit it over the seat.
And it fits like crap. Very loose corners which just can’t be made tight no matter what I do. Both front corners and back corners don’t fit. The seams between the top and sides droop badly where they should form a consistent line all the way around.
After trying everything I could think of to make it fit the realization slowly crept in: this just wasn’t going to work. It wasn’t acceptable. I couldn’t live with it. For the first time on the interior work I had done something that was bad.
Trying to fix this mess while frustrated and tired is a prescription for making things worse.Turn everything off, lock the door, and come back another day.