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How to Sew Aston Martin Rapide Diamonds

July 11, 2019 By Naseem Muaddi 6 Comments

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Traditional diamond pleats too easy? Try sewing Aston Martin’s eye-catching Rapide diamonds.

The unique stitch pattern, featured in the Aston Martin Rapide S, consists of horizontal patterns stacked atop one another. When executed properly and viewed together, they provide the illusion of small and large diamonds stitched alongside one another.

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Of course, Aston Martin uses programmable sewing machines to pull-off this complex pattern. But an experienced and patient trimmer can still sew Rapide diamonds on a conventional machine.

To help you, we outlined (and tweaked) the pattern so that you can see how it’s done and try to replicate it in your shop.

The only difference between Aston Martin’s design and ours is that they round the tips of their Rapide diamonds. We decided to keep ours pointed so they’re easier to sew.

Click on the outline to download a high-res PDF Copy.

The real challenge is in drawing the pattern. We recommend making a two-line template like the one above out of thin cardboard and tracing it on your fabric. You can stack the template to create a series of diamonds.

Click on the outline to download a high-res PDF Copy.

Rapide diamonds aren’t easy to stitch, but give it a shot. With some practice, we’re confident that you’ll be able to pull it off.

For more awesome stitch patterns, check out our “unique pleats” section.

Filed Under: Archive, How-to, THR Favorites, Unique Pleats Tagged With: 2015 Aston Martin Rapide S, Aston Martin, Auto Trim, Auto Upholstery, Car Interior, Diamond Pleat, Rapide S

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  1. justin henzel says

    September 19, 2014 at 1:59 am

    Nice, im putting these diamonds on my next job coming up. Pictures will be coming soon…

    Reply
    • Nadeem Muaddi says

      September 19, 2014 at 10:00 am

      Please do share! We’d love to see how they turn out!

      Reply
  2. Bob says

    August 8, 2015 at 8:47 pm

    A lot of hard work, but it’s too busy.

    Reply
  3. Steve Ingram says

    July 11, 2019 at 3:28 pm

    If you have a CNC sewing machine like they do it is no trouble at all.

    Reply
  4. Dave Hall says

    July 11, 2019 at 7:02 pm

    No trouble compared to doing it manually but we now have CNC at work and getting the stitch tensions right with the perfect clamp frame hold is trial and error. Still, the results can be amazing.

    Reply
  5. tom says

    October 12, 2020 at 12:25 pm

    Who in the Auto Upholstery Ind. has a CNC machine that i can have and insert done for a Bentley ?

    Tom Sunrise Upholstery

    Reply

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