Not Leather Thread

[Handstitched]

I get all the good jobs.  A regular client asked about repairing the backrest of a boat, OMG what a mess it was in. My first recommendation, reupholster the whole thing, but he didn't want to pay the full cost, he wanted it done on the cheap, aka ' make a silk purse from a sows ear' .  Thankfully I didn't have to buy any materials, someone gave me some....ahem.... vinyl ,  a long time ago , so thats what I used. I closed up a few gaps, along the way.   Theres a few lumps and bumps here and there, but so what,  the least amount of time I spent on it the better.   Its all glued on using strong contact adhesive with a vinyl retaining strip stapled  at the back.  I had to heat the vinyl up going around those tight corners.  I thought  It turned out quite good considering. 

O'h well,  its not leather , but  a job is a job  

HS

[maggielj]

It looks really nice! The boat owners lucked out finding you.