Preparations for the work with the leatherette
The leatherette was waiting in the garage for being processed for a long time, but now it's a little bit complicated: I changed the plans for the furniture, so my cutting plans for the leatherette are not valid anymore.
The first thing to do now is to think about how the furniture will look like and where it's possible to tacker and where not...
Surface of the imitation leather in 3D
Again I first created a 3D model of the surface of the leatherette.
So I grabbed my old 3D models of the furnitures and tried to find out the best cutting.
In the left image you see the original plan for the kitchen box. On the right the final leatherette surface.
- original plan kitchen box
- leatherette surface
transfer from 3D to 2D
Well, I had the actual surfaces. And I had to worry me where I can pull the leather around the edges to tack it. The kitchen box gave a number of problems because of the slope. One single piece does not work, many pieces are bad because of the (visible) interfaces. I have managed to obtain the kitchen box (no doors) in 2 parts, you need this to work but with cutting edges. This cutting edge, I will cover with decorative trim. Then looks like a deliberate embellishment ;)
In the following picture the final result. All 3-D surfaces flattened into 2D patterns, and tagging all tacking areas and colored red.
- pattern for cutting
testing the leatherette on the ceiling
After all the dimensioning on the computer I'm in the garage and cut out a pattern of imitation leather.
Then I examine this pattern around the edge of a roof liner element folded to see if the ceiling together with 2 layers of leather at all fits in the mounting slots on the roof.
It fits perfectly. We have to flatten the edges of the wooden plates a little bit. The Pavatex is about 5mm thick, that would never fit into the slot. It's still about 2 mm thick, with the leather will continue to hold a bit tight.
- ceiling plate with leathetette, fitting
