Our DIY tire cover project

Nice job!!! Looks really nice.

wow, that sounds like you get some serious use out of yours! Great idea on the thick canvas folded over. We're going to have to get one. It's great to see another 7.3 E350 out there!

themoreweexplore wrote:

SpeakEasy wrote:
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For that last little bit, instead of having to find someone with an industrial machine, consider doing it by hand with one of these:

speedy stitcher

I think you would love this little tool!

-Speak

You just became our new best friend. Thank you! I think our project might be a little big for a hand-stitched job, but we LOVE that tool. Thanks for introducing it to us.

I've been using that speedy stitcher for the last 30+ years on anything you can think of. It is very slow, but there almost is nothing it can't sew. IIRC it took me around 8 hrs to put a duck tape edge on a 2' x 8' berber carpet runner for our trailer, but the results were outstanding. I like to use the 100% nylon upholstery thread for the strength and durability. You can get a fair good array of colors from WM up to around 8 to 10 as I remember. I resewn/repaired handbags, redone awnings by cutting off the bad section and resewing the rope into the good side, put edging on custom sized carpets for various projects including our trailer, a host of custom storage bags/covers for about anything you can think of, and the list is almost endless. It can sew things that you could never even consider doing on a machine outside of maybe a custom industrial one. I recently made a custom designed diaper/travel bag for our granddaughter out of one of her dad's old Navy flight suits and saved the $100+ cost of buying one not as nice or unique.

One must have accessory that I use is a strip of old canvass doubled over to about 6 to 8 thickness into a 4" sq so I can force the needle thru really thick materials giving it something to go into and not dull the needle point.

Larry

Awesome, we'll check it out. Thanks, and thanks for following along.

themoreweexplore wrote:

SpeakEasy wrote:
Left a comment on your vlog.

For that last little bit, instead of having to find someone with an industrial machine, consider doing it by hand with one of these:

speedy stitcher

I think you would love this little tool!

-Speak

You just became our new best friend. Thank you! I think our project might be a little big for a hand-stitched job, but we LOVE that tool. Thanks for introducing it to us.

Yeah; I practically kiss my speedy stitcher every time I need it.

Plus, you guys sound like a really cool couple to follow on your website. I've bookmarked it. I kept a near daily blog for a couple of years documenting learning something new every day. It was at learnwithmenow.wordpress.com in case you're interested. That one is no longer "active," but it's got some interesting stuff in it.

-Speak

SpeakEasy wrote:
Left a comment on your vlog.

For that last little bit, instead of having to find someone with an industrial machine, consider doing it by hand with one of these:

speedy stitcher

I think you would love this little tool!

-Speak

You just became our new best friend. Thank you! I think our project might be a little big for a hand-stitched job, but we LOVE that tool. Thanks for introducing it to us.

great idea! Your design sounds much simpler. Thanks for sharing it.

I also made my own tire covers. I used sunbrella material I had left from making my own window covers. I did the same process of cutting out a cardboard form for the wheel front and the tire width. Hemmed all edges and added a one quarter piece across the inside back. So DH just slips them over the tire They haven't blown off in over 2 years use. A lot less complicated to make and just as blow off free. But yours look great also. We are always doing projects for our MH. Hope you come up with more interesting projects for us to copy. Love it.

Left a comment on your vlog.

For that last little bit, instead of having to find someone with an industrial machine, consider doing it by hand with one of these:

speedy stitcher

I think you would love this little tool!

-Speak

Nice work there! Sometimes when store bought products just don't "make the grade" it means to DIY if you want it bad enough. And DIY will probably last longer than factory stamped out store bought too. Plus, YOU are happy with it. That's the important thing. It's nice to see people use their creativity to solve problems rather than just simply purchasing it, or hiring someone else to do it! Thanks for the video!