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Aston Martin’s Vanquish ‘Hourglass’ Stitch

November 18, 2012 By Naseem Muaddi 6 Comments

Aston Martin – arguably the world’s leading automaker when it comes to interior design – is back with another amazing pleat. This one is called the “hourglass” stitch and is featured on the seats of the 2013 Vanquish.

The “hourglass” stitch is comprised of mirrored squiggly lines sewn at an angle with small straight lines sewn tangent to their curves – giving the pleats the appearance of an hourglass shape.

At first glance, the “hourglass” stitch doesn’t look as difficult to pull of as its counterpart, the Zagato Wave – but it may, in fact, be more of a challenge. A closer look at the Vanquish’s seats reveals that the arms of the hourglasses are separate and do not touch. In other words, a sewing machine operator must sew each line one by one, tying off the thread.

According to Aston Martin, the Vanquish’s quilted interior features roughly one million separate stitches. Labor intensive detail like that explains and helps justify its nearly $300,000 price tag.

But did Aston Martin’s designers hit their mark? Let us know what you think of the Vanquish’s “hourglass” stitch in the comments section below.

Filed Under: Archive, Unique Pleats, Upholstery Showcase Tagged With: 2013 Aston Martin Vanquish, Aston Martin, Auto Trim, Auto Upholstery, Car Interior, Hourglass Stitch, Zagato Wave Pleat

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  1. rebellionindustries says

    November 18, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    A nice design and not really that labor intensive once the sewing machine has been programmed with the pattern.

    Reply
  2. Mid England Retrims says

    November 28, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    My son recently went on a factory tour , diamond centres all sewn on a automated machine without an operator , all computer controlled. Ade

    Reply
  3. seatmaker says

    October 11, 2013 at 3:13 am

    Love the look. To bad it’s so labour intensive to replicate on regular machine

    Reply
  4. Claude Jenkins II says

    January 10, 2015 at 9:31 am

    Hello Id like to find out how I could order “Hourglass Stitch” material for my Jaguar….

    Reply
    • Nadeem Muaddi says

      January 12, 2015 at 8:19 pm

      You can’t, but your local auto upholstery shop can order ready made Alea covers that feature the stitch pattern.

      Reply
  5. color by number says

    April 19, 2023 at 5:16 am

    I really dig this look. It’s a shame that the process requires so much manual labour on a standard machine.

    Reply

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