Pittsboro, NC

The sling seat on the boat needs some more "structure" in the sitting area.  Currently, we've got some orange life jackets tucked in there but that's not a very nice solution.

So we stopped at the fabric store in New Bern and bought this sheet of very firm closed cell foam. This foam absorbs zero moisture so it's perfect for this application.

 

With the electric knife, I cut out the two pieces to size.  I contemplated making one very long cushion, but decided that two smaller ones would work just as well and handling them would be much easier!

 

Cut out the Phifertex mesh fabric pieces to make a waterproof cover for each of the cushions.

 

Installed a long zipper to aid in the assembly.

 

Kinda hard to see that is a zipper, so I un-zipped it for this photo.

 

And the "box" is ready for assembly.  That's as far as I got today.  More tomorrow.  This is not the most fun material to work with - the mesh is very thick and not "bendable" like most cloth.  So not really looking forward to sewing the assembly...