Tartan Upholstery Fabric

What fabric weight is best for upholstery?

Fabric weight does not correlate directly to quality nor thickness, so be sure to check the characteristics of your fabric meets your needs independent of the fabric weight. To explain fabric weight better this is the outcome of how a fabric has been woven, the finish and the type of fibre, in our case always almost wool! The weight of the fabric depends on the thickness of the yarn used to weave it, and the density of the weave (wool for example is much heavier than cotton).

ScotlandShop know our cars as we are based very close to Duns, home of the classic Jim Clark rally, and are well placed to advise on using tartan fabric for car upholstery. We usually recommend polyviscose tartan material for vehicle upholstery as it is hard wearing but conveniently machine washable. There is a more limited choice of tartans and patterns in polyviscose material, however, so heavyweight wool is also a good choice as it is sufficiently hardwearing for the constant wear car seats receive and of course being a more luxury cloth, has a fabulous finish fit for the finest vintage vehicle.

See below the images for reupholstering projects ScotlandShop have assisted in: the Cairn tartan in polyviscose was used in a lovely silver vintage Beetle, while beautiful reds and oranges of the Buchanan Ancient tartan match the steering wheel in this unidentified classic car project.