Offshoreonly.com - Boat interior questions

So it turns out I had the bobbin threaded wrong. Now that I fixed that seems to work.

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Originally Posted by oconnor marine (Post 4687372)

The upholstery professionals hire me to fix their motor(im a marine repair shop)
I have them do the upholstery. I do the wood 1st.
i have a sewing machine and did some seats once a long time ago and they came out ok but definitely not something i would do on a nice boat. Its more frustrating than its worth saving the money. Save up and let the pro do it. Its something that will be a focal point. Best of luck

I will finish the wood shortly (hopefully this weekend) I can work on this inside at night. boat is not a nice boat compared to the ones here. it is a $2300 boat, runs good and floats, had a bad interior when I got it. 30 year old Arizona boat and the sun here is not nice to anything.

attempted another practice piece, need to work on my turns, relief cuts help a lot. also decided I'm going to skip the french stitch and any top stitch. it is hard to make the turns, hard to keep straight and a house machine is not a compound feed so if i'm not pulling it evenly i get uneven stitching that does not look good up close.

Going to keep is simple. whole new respect for upholstery people.