Finished and on Break

Hello readers,
     We recently finished rear seats for an S14 in Suede and perforated Suede. Was a bit of a hassle as the fabric stretch and was a bit too large. But we still made it work and it looks great.

Seamstress has returned to Japan for a few months to visit family so we are currently unable to process any request until after the new year. No new updates until then. Hopefully everyone had a great Thanksgiving and will have happy, fun, and safe Holidays. See you guys in the new year.

AS Team.

Quiet Times

Been quiet on the front. Had planned to attend Extreme Autofest Arizona on the 2nd of October but do to issues with the venue the event has been cancelled. We still continue with our main work of hems, tailoring, and seam correction and fixing. A co-worker wishes to have us look at some windows that she would like to have curtains designed for. This is right up our alley and we hope to see this project all the way through. The Y33 Project car will be having the headliner renovated and maybe we will do some more custom work with PVC leather in the headliner to add some more flare.

Stay tuned.

Southwest Allstar Car Battle

We finished 3 cars in about 1 week. It was crazy but we made it out to this event and it was pretty awesome. Saw quite few interesting cars but a lot of custom interior work. Due to fatigue and weather we didn't make it to the low-rider section of the event. I am sure it was crazy but too bad we did not see it. KYOEI showed up with their entourage of Lexus/Toyota vehicles and looking good as always. Unfortunately the dust storms and then rain kept many of the cars from looking as clean as they could. Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Densetsu Motorsports booth and said hello and asked question or showed interest in having some work done by Akabi. We forgot a lot of business cards which was a real bummer so hopefully people remember the name and look us up.

We have been invited to help represent VIPStyleCars.com at another upcoming event in October called Extreme Autofest Arizona. We hope to work with KYOEI to get a few cars out there to help bring the forum and the style to more people in Arizona and help VIP get bigger and better in the state.

Worker Bee Rieko

Prepping for a car show coming end of the month, we have been busy sewing, stitching, picking out fabrics.
More work has been done on the Promo Cars and it's good to say things are looking good. 98 GS300 is planning the interior work and has started in a big way with the center arm rests. take a look:

The perforated microfiber adds a nice updated look and the colors go well with the scheme of the interior. Once completed we expect some really good feedback.

97 Q45 has had the neckpads redone and embroidered as well. Definitely gives a more professional look and feel to them. Throw pillows were also added and the wrapping of the headliner and panels went fairly well. Then ceiling and pillars are now completely revamped and just waiting for the final touch with the Sun Visors to finish everything off.

Also the Garson DAD privacy curtains have been redone with new fabric and also added UV block to hopefully prevent this:

And now look like this:

Should have some more updates as the visors are currently being re-assembled and installed back into the Q45/Cima.

はじめまして

Akabi Selectの製作者のRiekoです。
英語で書いたらいつになっても投稿できないので日本語で失礼します。。。
まず始めに私の紹介をさせていただきます。

結婚しアメリカへ移住してまったく英語が上達しないまま２年が過ぎてしまいました。。。。
趣味は洋裁で高校と専門学校で服飾デザインの勉強をし、その後就職でアパレル販売、生地屋、リフォーム屋、プリーツ製作で仕事をしてきました。
アメリカへ嫁いでしばらくは洋裁から離れていたのですが友人からミシンをもらってから再び洋裁に熱が入り日本から自分のミシンを送ってもらい始めることに。
もともとは洋服や小物作りが得意なのですが、「車 オタク」の旦那の影響でカーインテリアの勉強をすることに。
ホント私、車なんてまったく興味がなかったんですよ。。。。。そんな私が車の雑誌を読み、色んなデザインを参考にしてサイトで作り方を調べ作っているんです。自分でも驚きです！
まぁ～車のインテリアは難しい。。。。 っていうか超、面倒。
パターンはもともと車についてるものを利用するのですが、カーブが多い為、糸をほどいてアイロンをかけたら生地が伸びてるんです。それをうまく考えながらカットしないとサイズが大きくなったり小さくなったりします。
それから生地にフォーム（スポンジ）を貼り付け縫製していきます。このフォームが厚いと縫いにくい！！！ミシンに入らなかったりします。私はこれで何本も針を折ってしまいました。
でも、出来上がって注文してくれた人が喜んでくれたらこの苦労も一気に消えます。

今は１歳の息子がいるのでその子の面倒を見ながらの製作になるので思うように進めませんがボチボチやっていきますのでこれからもAkabi Selectをどうぞよろしくお願いいたします。

ただいま、カーテンを製作中です。出来上がったら旦那が「英語で」UPしてくれると思います。

最後まで読んでいただきありがとうございました。


RIEKO

Beat our way on to Canibeat

Recent work we did for a Hyundai Genesis Coupe got us some attention on an amazing photography site called
Canibeat.com. Don't know what the name means either but they have some really great photos and skilled photographers.
Check out the car here:
Densetsu Motorsports: Genesis Coupe

やばいっすね！
Thanks Richard for the shout out but you spell RIEKO wrong. haha

A:S Y33 Q45/Cima

Been busy with alot of projects the past couple months so blog updates have been seriously lacking.
本当にすみませんでした。
Recently we have been working on the interior of our Q45/Cima.

 The neck pads, and center arm rest were redone. Throw pillows added to rear seats. Headliner and all pillars re wrapped in Copper/Brown microfiber. This being the first headliner we have ever attempted it came out mediocre with some mistakes but live and learn. Probably should not have picked unstretchy material to use as our first project. ばかじゃん！


Also had the chance to have the car shot by Chris Summit for Chris Summit photography.
Check him out @ http://chrissummitt.com/

Car @ http://chrissummitt.com/car

Interior pics coming soon.
また見にきてください～！