HOODS / APRONS RECOVERED

HOODS AND APRONS RECOVERY SERVICE

Are you looking for someone to recover your hood and make a new apron? Well you've come to the right place!!

I am providing a recovering service for old coachbuilt pram hoods and aprons, using the traditional methods of covering by hand and handstitching the fabric to the frame. These days, SilverCross use another method whereby they stitch the cover to the lining and pull the whole lot over the frame but, unfortunately, this method can only be used if your hood fits the dimensions of their pattern. I cut each pattern to fit the shape of the frame and the cover is stretched and sewn into place which is the traditional way of covering your frame, whatever model of pram you have. I also use the traditional hoodlace to compliment the colour of hooding you have chosen.

I use waterproof hopsack fabric which is pretty strong and is available in most colours to suit your pram livery. I can also recover using a mohair type waterproof cloth which is more expensive but obviously is a better quality product. You will find the colours for both types of fabric listed below.

Hopsack colours:

Black

Navy

Olive green

Dark green

Burgundy

Grey

Royal blue

SX Pink

Cream

Vinyl fabric colours

Black

Brown

Oatmeal

Cream

Dark Green

Burgundy

Wine

Mohair type fabric:

Black

Navy

Very dark green

Very pale grey

In fact almost any colour you can think of in this fabric, the trouble is that it retails at nearly £40 per metre so that is why using this fabric is expensive. Please email me if you have a colour in mind and I will check to see if it is available.

This is a hood and apron I recovered for PreciousBabyChariots (Karen) who used it on a magnificent 1970s Mulliner and it really took the colour up to a new level.

The next hood belongs to an old SilverCross Deauville, from 1950s or thereabouts. It was held together with duct tape when I received it and one of the curved hood supports was very bent and I've done my best to straighten it.

The lining is a very good fabric-backed vinyl which is normally used for the headlinings of cars and boats, but a thinner one can be used if preferred. Green greek-key hoodlace was used to trim the hood, although this is becoming very difficult to find these days.