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Subject:Re: Upholstery Re-cover Swatch Opinion? ('81 Westy)
From:Mike S
Date:Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:53:35 -0500

On 2/20/2013 8:16 PM, pickle vanagon wrote:
> what's a reasonable price for an upholstery shop to reupholster vanagon
> seats when you bring your own fabric?

No idea. Would depend on what's involved - do they have to remove old,
then make pattern, etc.?

> What about for the bench seat?
The rear cushion is more work.

Learn to sew. It's not particularly hard, just takes planning,
measuring, and patience. I recovered everything myself (front seats are
a future project). http://www.flatsurface.com/vanagon/curtains/index.html