Mexican blanket seat cover ideas

Yes its the old Mexican blanet for a seat cover. Although it may be yesterdays idea out dated and possibly over-used I have one and a bench seat to cover for my 31' coupe. Any usefull tips to secure it would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks guys.

 

I just s***ched 2 straps to the top, tied them under the back of the seat and then just tucked the blanket into the gap between the bottom and top bit of the seat then just tucked hung the rest over, it moves around a little bit but it does the job.

 

Not too sure how to explain it but if it is like the one I used, make sure the stripes are vertical on the seat back and on to the seat bottom. I originally ran the stripes horizontally and the blanket seperated very quickly. Definitely stronger in one direction than the other.

My seat is wood so I stapled it on the back.

Bill

 

Fold it on the corners, and use Diaper pins...

 

I used carpet tack strips, rolled the excess around the strips, then use wire ties to cinch the straps to the seat coils. Phucking finger tips hurt for a week from the tacks, but I drive the truck every day and they still look great!

 

.....Had one in my 36 truck, but the threads came apart after a year of use......now the dog sleeps on it in the garage......

 

I've always thought about having someone actually stich a real cover out of a couple of the blankets. If you could find a cheap "universal" type cover that fit decent and use it as a pattern, I think it would look a lot better and still not be very expensive to do.

 

Cook it on the Barbecue first.

 

I have one that was sewn to white vinyl to make a fitted cove to protect the tuck n roll. It has separated and had to be resewn a couple of times. I'm going to make a new one but this time I'll sew the blanket to a canvas backing to keep the blanket from pulling apart.

 

do a search in the search bar and look under se**** seat covers there was a big thread on them and alot of pictures good luck

 

The last time I did mine my wife sewed a piece of black material behind the blanket. 3 years and still fine.

Bill

 

Go wild, run the stripes horizontal! Or in a Vee pattern! Gary

 

I secured mine with hog ring clamps.

 

That's perfect right there!!! Did you have to use a grommet to get the hogrings to hold in that material? I would love some more details on that process. Looks great!!!

 

Just throw it on there and sit on it. That's what they did or we did "back in the day."

I personally always used a sleeping bag. But I even did that when I didn't need a seat cover, it was always handy in an "emergency."

 

hahahahahahahahahaaa read that one too

here is a group http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/group.php?groupid=456

 

also look here

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=432210&highlight=mexican+blanket

 

Black Ty-wraps worked for me.

 

Gee, I wonder where that idea came from! Made me LOL.

Seriously, I've been wondering the same thing. The mexi blanket may work ok when the seat is horrible, but with a newly recovered seat it doesn't stay put at all. Thanks for the tips (and thanks to the other de-zinc-ing tips too...my thread got closed before I got a chance for the honest thanks there).

-greg

 

Thanks. Good to know it works.

 

Here's the bench seat in my pickem up.

 

Everywhere I used a hog ring, I double up the material. The seat portion is double folded. I actually used three blankets to do this seat. Then wrapped it under the seat also using the seat frame as a attachment also.

Cyclone...Nice! I almost went with that color pattern..

 

I got some of these from http://www.elchamaco.com/, but you can also find a pretty good selection on ebay and amazon.