How to Design Your Own Seat Covers

Designing seat covers for your car is a fun way to give your car a custom look without investing a great deal of time and money. Seat covers can protect your seats, and also upgrade your upholstery. Design seat covers that are appropriate for passengers, and reflect your personal style.

Things You'll Need

• Measuring tape

Instructions

1. Measure the height, width and depth of your front seats. Sketch an outline of the car seat and record the measurements.

2. Decide on your material. If you want covers mainly to protect the seats, consider a material that's water, stain or weather resistant. If you are upgrading your upholstery, leather is a popular choice. The most common seat cover material is black velour, or black cloth, as it's resilient, fairly inexpensive and makes any design pop.

3. Decide on a theme for your seats. Consider personalizing your covers with your monogram, or opt for a fun design like cherries, flames or palm trees.

4. Find an online custom seat cover vendor. Type "custom seat cover" into a search engine to find several options. Once you find a company that suits your needs, order your seat covers.

Tips & Warnings

• If you want to get seat covers for the back seat, you may need to find someone to custom-design a seat cover that fits the specialized measurements.

• Always use a secure Internet connection when you order anything online.