New wheel covers

[Dan and Ann]

Wheel covers are expensive so we made our own.

[TonyMac]

NNNNice!!

[mhbell]

Very Nice. What material did you use? What did you sew them with.
Mel

[Dan and Ann]

Originally Posted by mhbell

Very Nice. What material did you use? What did you sew them with.
Mel

Thank you. Used our old covers to make a paper pattern. Made them with marine vinyl on a home sewing machine with a heavy needle. Embroidered them before sewing parts together.

[kvm1970]

Great idea, looks great

[FIRE UP]

Dan and Ann,
Just wondering, being a serious "DIY" type myself and, have done numerous projects similar to what you've shown, what was the cost of all the materials vs the actual factory produced covers? I know time and or labor doesn't really matter too much in situations like this if you're retired so, it's primarily the materials cost.

I see tire covers going on sale at Camping World quite often and, they're also sold at a pretty good price at the annual Quartzsite RV Swap meet/event, depending on if you attend or not.

While I've been a welder/wood worker/ plastics fabricator and much more for most of my life, I find sewing, with my Sailrite Industrial Walking Foot sewing machine, to be quite fun.

Sometimes it's just more fun and, dealing with the challenge to produce a project, even if the cost is the same or, more than a factory produced one. Just wondering.
Scott

[MSHappyCampers]

Good job!

[Dan and Ann]

I had a coupon for the fabric from Joann Fabrics and I did the embroidery myself so I'm not really sure of the actual costs.

[rapid rick]

I absolutely love 1 of a kind things like your tire covers,well done!!!

"It's not what you buy, It's what you build"