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This research was inspired by the need to repair teared car upholstery. The subject of this study was an original upholstery fabric from a year 1962 Volvo Amazon. The aim of this study was to collect knowledge of craft-based design and manufacturing process based on an original car upholstery fabric. The research question was: How do I design and develop an upholstery fabric according to an original design while maintaining authenticity? Due to the hand craft based and practical nature of the subject, development research was chosen as the research method. The design process moves forward in three stages. At the first stage the situation was outlined, and the original upholstery fabric was analyzed to find the problems. To support the analysis, Katja Hynninen was consulted as a weaving expert, and Eila Lindfors’ (2002) dissertation was helpful when textile use and caring features were estimated in a sensory manner. The most important attributes of sensory evaluation were the feel, the density, the colors, the stripe rhythm and the general look. Problems with the origi-nal fabric were analyzed by the weak structure of the upholstery fabric yarn, the thin density and the length of the stripe pattern. At the second stage, the aim was to find solutions to the problems found at the first stage. The problems were solved by finding materials and by do-ing experimental weaving on a sample warp. At the final stage the swatches were compared to the original upholstery fabric and to the problems found at the first stage. The experiments were evaluated by the same sensory properties as in the analysis. As a result of the devel-opment process, the most appropriate proposal for the upholstery fabric was presented ac-cording to the objective defined by the researcher. Although the aim of this study was not to produce general information on car upholstery, the research results can also be beneficial to others who are interested in doing similar car up-holstery fabric restoration.