Patent ID: 7690318

Claim:
A method of sewing a decorative seam into a material used in an automotive trim component, the method comprising: providing a layer of material suitable for receiving stitches; folding a first portion of the layer of material over onto a second portion of the layer of material to form a bend in the layer of material; sewing a first stitch along a length of the layer of material to join the first portion of the layer of material to the second portion of the layer of material, the first stitch being substantially parallel to the bend and spaced apart therefrom, the first stitch forming a seam between the first and the second portions of the layer of material; unfolding the layer of material; and sewing a second and a third stitch into the layer of material, the second and third stitches being spaced apart from, and substantially parallel to, the seam and arranged such that the second and third stitches are on opposite sides of the seam.