Tear in my seat cover. What can I do?

Has anyone seen a tear like this before? When I move the driver's seat back forward on the bench seat of my 1974 Duster, it reveals the tear in the photo below. It looks like the skirt that surrounds the bottom seat cover has become separated. An upholstery shop repair is expensive. Any ideas on a cheaper repair? Possibly some kind of tape? Thanks.

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You would need to put something behind it, thicker material, to back it ..as you sew into it and then bring in the other side.. either way you would ideally want to fold both sides to sew into..or you make like as if you were covering an eye hole with some extra material perhaps and it's going to look Frankenstein. Up to you. The 'no brainer' thing that comes to mind ..is you take it to an Auto Upholstery shop.