{"id":1054,"date":"2018-06-03T22:58:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T02:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2018-06-03T22:58:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T02:58:48","slug":"i-get-these-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/?p=1054","title":{"rendered":"I Get These Ideas……!"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we started renovating our Scamp, I admired some of the fancy spare tire covers.\u00a0 With money being tight, though (and geared for renovation necessities)<\/em>, I opted for a plain white vinyl one. (Functional, but boring….)<\/p>\n

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I thought about crocheting a cover for it.\u00a0 Several people offer free crochet patterns, and there are also crocheted covers available for purchase on Etsy.\u00a0 Really love these bright pops of color and all the designs! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Yesterday while searching for something else, I found a post in a Scamp forum about a woman who had sewn<\/em> a tire cover for her trailer using a cute vinyl tablecloth as the fabric.\u00a0 Hmmmm…….\u00a0 Sewing…..<\/p>\n

And that’s all it took for me to start figuring out how to make a cover for the spare tire on our trailer.\u00a0 Since I really like the fabric I used for the new curtains in the Scamp–and<\/em> since it’s an indoor\/outdoor fabric–I decided to give it a try!<\/p>\n

Sunday morning I bought 1-1\/2 yards of fabric and a 2.5-yard package of 1″ elastic.\u00a0 When we got home, I measured the diameter of the tire (24″), and added an inch for the seam allowance.\u00a0 Instead of just jumping in and cutting the fabric, I made a pattern out of poster board, first.<\/p>\n

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The poster board I had was 22″ x 28″ so I cut 3″ off the long end and taped it to the short end to make a 25″ x 25″ square.\u00a0 I made an X from corner to corner to find the center, and poked a hole in the center with a screw.\u00a0 I used a piece of cardboard to make a “compass,” measuring 12.5″ from the screw in once end of the cardboard, to a pencil at the other end.\u00a0 I placed a piece of cardboard under the center (to protect the floor from the screw) and simply turned the pencil and cardboard around to make the circle.\u00a0 (This can<\/em> be done by using a string tied to a pencil, but I wanted to be as accurate as possible for the pattern, and the cardboard offered a better option.)<\/p>\n

Once I was pleased with my pattern, I spread out the fabric on the floor, wrong side up.\u00a0 My self-appointed supervisor was very vocal and kept offering suggestions. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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I traced around the circle on the fabric, cut it out and set it aside.\u00a0 Next I needed to do the “gusset” to go over the top of the tire, with enough to go over the edge to the back.\u00a0 The woman who’d made the cover out of the tablecloth said she’d made this strip 9″ wide, so I figured that would be a good place to start.\u00a0 But how LONG to make the strip?\u00a0 That info hadn’t been provided….<\/p>\n

I sat on the floor with the fabric on my lap and pondered this for a moment.\u00a0 \u00a0(My “supervisor” was happy to take a break.)<\/p>\n

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I knew I’d want to overcompensate and make the strip longer than necessary, so after finding the circumference of the circle mathematically AND measuring around the tire, I opted to make the strips 90″ long (54″ fabric width + another 36″).\u00a0 I knew it would be way<\/em> too long, but it seemed like a good idea–at the time.<\/p>\n

I sewed the two strips of fabric together to make a piece 90″ long, then–with right sides together–I pinned the strip to the edge of the circle.\u00a0 I sewed it all the way around the circle using a 1\/4″ seam allowance, but I had to cut a lot<\/em> off.\u00a0 All this length also made joining the two ends of the strip a little tricky since it was already attached to the circle.\u00a0 So here’s what I should<\/em> have done:<\/p>\n

For my tire, I should have made a strip 9″ wide x (approximately) 79.5″ long.\u00a0 At this stage, I should have\u00a0folded one long edge under by 1\/4″ and stitched it down.<\/p>\n

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Next, I should<\/em> have sewn the two short ends of the strips together using a 1\/2″ seam allowance to make a loop of approximately 78.5″ around.\u00a0 THEN I should have sewn the loop<\/em> to the circle (right sides together, matching raw edges) using a 1\/4″ seam allowance.<\/p>\n

But with the strip (ultimately) attached to the circle, I took it outside to see how it fit on the tire.\u00a0It seemed to be okay, so I think it’s safe to say that a 1\/4″ seam allowance here works.<\/p>\n

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When I brought the cover back inside, the next step was making a casing for the elastic.\u00a0 I folded the edge of the strip over 1-1\/2″ and used a combination of pins and clips to hold it in place.\u00a0 I stitched along the previous line of stitching (from the turned under part) to make a casing about 1-1\/4″ wide.<\/p>\n

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I left an opening in the casing of about 2″, cut a piece of elastic 63″ long, and threaded the elastic through the casing by “inch-worming” it along with a large safety pin.\u00a0 (I pinned the other end of the elastic to the fabric to avoid having it slip into the casing–which would have meant doing this step all over again.\u00a0 Been there, done that; experience is my best teacher. \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n

When I finally got the safety pin and elastic all the way around and back to the opening, I overlapped the two ends of the elastic by 1″ and sewed them together.\u00a0 I took it out to try it on the tire again.\u00a0 I was pleased (very pleased!) with the way it fit, so I sewed the casing shut.<\/p>\n

Done!!<\/p>\n

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Yay, me!<\/p>\n

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Of course I have no<\/em> idea how well this will hold up, but it IS indoor\/outdoor fabric.\u00a0 It’s designed to deal with the elements, so I hope it will do okay on the back of a travel trailer!<\/p>\n

And while this floral fabric may not suit everyone (“glamping,” anyone?), now that I’ve figured out how<\/em> to sew a tire cover for the back end of our trailer, it opens up a whole lot of possibilities!\u00a0 Yes, I’ll be making others. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Again, my thanks to the woman in the Scamp forum who inspired this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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