{"id":326,"date":"2015-08-23T23:55:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T03:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/?p=326"},"modified":"2015-08-23T23:56:28","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T03:56:28","slug":"tie-backs-and-tow-chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/?p=326","title":{"rendered":"Tie-backs and Tow Chains"},"content":{"rendered":"

I FINALLY made a decision about how to make the curtain tie backs, and I also decided to use\u00a0the green ribbon. \u00a0It seemed like a simple enough project–sew some Velcro onto the ribbons and then sew the ribbons onto the curtains–but it took forever. \u00a0I made the first ones (for the front window) on August 16th.<\/p>\n

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I didn’t get the others done until August 23rd…<\/p>\n

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The ribbon I used was only 7\/8″ wide, which meant that I had to cut tiny little pieces of Velcro and then sew it into place. \u00a0I was surprised by how tough the “plastic” part of the Velcro was AND\u00a0how hard it was to push a needle through it. \u00a0So no pictures of my progress; my hand sewing isn’t\u00a0all that neat, but hey–they serve the purpose. \u00a0We both like the color because it adds a nice, bright contrast to all of our blue!<\/p>\n

The next project was replacing the chains. \u00a0A couple of months ago Wayne \u00a0sawed off the old chains and the bolt holding them\u00a0because they\u00a0were horribly rusted. \u00a0Getting the new<\/em> bolt in place and tightened was quite the challenge, though, since there wasn’t a lot of room to work in the space where it needed to go. \u00a0It took some doing, but he finally got them on securely.<\/p>\n

The new chain is much heavier and longer than the old chain and so NOW\u00a0we’re wondering if we’ll have to find a bolt cutter so we can\u00a0shorten them. \u00a0We’re also not sure how much slack we need to leave–certainly enough to make sharp turns–but when does enough<\/em> slack become too much<\/em> slack?\u00a0 Currently they’re about 5.5″ above the ground, which seems a little low….<\/p>\n

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I thought I’d be able to let the extra chain hang down from the hitch, but it was too\u00a0long. \u00a0I looped the end of it back into the hook, but I’m not sure if this is a good idea or not.<\/p>\n

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Also, our “break away” cable is too long. \u00a0That shouldn’t be too<\/em> difficult\u00a0to shorten, and I guess we’ll need to because I doubt if we should\u00a0just loop it all around on its hook…. \u00a0(I’m waiting to hear back from Scamp experts about both the chains and cable.)<\/p>\n

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After connecting everything, we checked to make sure that the lights and turn signals were working (yes), and then Wayne moved the trailer a few feet over in the driveway. \u00a0This will make it easier to get in and out of since we’ve been way<\/em> too close to a flower bed on the side of the house. \u00a0 It wasn’t an issue until just recently, and I guess that some of my Black\u00a0Eyed Susans literally have<\/em>\u00a0black eyes since we’ve stepped on them!<\/p>\n

On a very positive note, the past two weekends we’ve “camped” in our yard! \u00a0So cool! \u00a0The new\u00a0Memory Foam mattress is very comfortable, and I’ve surprised myself by sleeping very soundly. \u00a0And so funny–the trailer seems really BIG when it’s dark inside and you look from the very back to the very front….<\/p>\n

I can now fully understand why\u00a0people sometimes use their trailers as “guest rooms,” and also why they just go hang out in them\u00a0to read or to work. \u00a0I’m so glad that we’re finally able to use<\/em> it–even if it IS in our driveway. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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I FINALLY made a decision about how to make the curtain tie backs, and I also decided to use\u00a0the green ribbon. \u00a0It seemed like a simple enough project–sew some Velcro onto the ribbons and then sew the ribbons onto the curtains–but it took forever. \u00a0I made the first ones (for the front window) on August […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restoration"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ap3J-5g","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/art-rageous.net\/Soul-Journer\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}