Steering Wheel Upholstery

Our camper car was like new again after coming back from the doctor. Only the steering wheel was nasty, the leatherette started to peel off. Not something that one would usually fix themselves, but...

I looked at it and decided to give my husband new beautiful steering wheel feeling. It didn't seem undoable. I ripped off the leatherette and tore it off as it was glued to the wheel.

I bought I hope the very same leatherette in some polish e-shop. I tried to make a 2D pattern out of the pieces that were so pulled out that they were very 3D at this point.

I sewed the seams on the sewing machine. For sewing, I left 1cm seam allowance which I then cut to 3 mm (there are grooves in the wheel for the seams, very appropriate). I tried to put it on the steering wheel, unsuccessfully, so I decided to make the upper panel a bit longer. When I had everything prepared, I drew the holes with 1 cm distances and pricked them with an awl so that they are seen from both sides. On the contrary to working with leather, here the holes are not necessary for sewing, leatherette can be sewn like a canvas.

I used a baseball stitch, the same that was used originally. In the end, I was using two needles and made a long way with just one needle, skipping one hole every time, and then I finished it with the other needle. This way, I made a long part of very loosely stitched panel, then came back and just tightened the stitches one by one to close the seam.

Before stitching or before closing the seam, I applied a paper glue to the front part of the upholstery. I couldn't glue on the outer part as I sometimes needed to shift it, and I was too lazy to put the glue on the back part. It was not very easy to reach there.. I was surprised that the leatherette can be shaped a bit. You can pull it out or shorten slightly.

Before mounting the airback back on, I cut out the front pieces with a scalpel

Not perfect, but not easily recognizable, that this is DYI solution :-)

Barefoot shoes

I traced my foot and drew a shape with elegant curves around it.

I added half a centimeter around and I drew points where the holes should be so that the shoe would make sense together with my specific foot outline.

I bought a sole material and cut out the piece with a scalpel, marking the holes.

The hole in the middle would be bigger, as the would be two cords instead of one. Smoothing the edges with a sandpaper. I hate how people wear soles just cut out of rubber. It should look a professional, even if it is DYI, shouldn't it?

These are loops-to-be for the room between the toes.

Tying the cords just how it came to my mind. Still there is a space for improvement. They are each like 3 m long.

Summer vibes :-)

Cherry Chair

 My balcony little chair. Plastic, the paint slowly peeling off. Shall we get back to our quilting skills?

I traced the shape, add something for the height of the seat and made small darts so that the outer circumference is as long as the original shape.

I quilted two layers of the canvas with a thick soft fabric inserted inside. Then I added a tunnel for the fastening cord.

Softie Cherry Chairry.

Fox Headband

I had some leftover from my Fox T-Shirt and I had to use it, the foxes are so nice!

 
I cut two rectangles from the fox knit and two lining pieces from a blanket. The bigger one is curved.

I sewed the front and back pieces together, folding the bigger rectangle evenly.

Then I sewed the lining and upper piece together, leaving an opening at the seam.

The vertical seam allowances are laid oposite one to another, so that they lay nice and flat.

Then I tried to turn the headband over and ended up with something like this...
I ripped the vertical seam and tried to turn it using the new hole...
Damned!
I had to rip out the whole vertical seam to get one piece tube.

Then I folded it right sides together in half. I sewed together the knit parts and the lining parts.

Finishing all that there was a hole left once again for turning over. This time it worked. I hand sewed the opening and voilá:

Foxity fox