Barber, Molleur & Micky1Mo - Heres to a happy and healthy retirement for all.
With a bit of luck, I might even be allowed a new project when I'm old and grey.
( OK,
older and
greyer.
)
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Thursday Night Sewing Circle:
The cardboard circle allowed me to check the size of the top edge of the gaiter.
Note: I will trim the bottom edges of the leather to size once I have finished stitching it together.
Which meant this was the shape I started off with.
For now, I am just using some string as a guide for where the cable tie will eventually go.
On the headlight grille covers, this 'overlap' of material is on the 'inside' and therefore not seen.
But on the gear lever, it will be 'on show' so it needed a much neater solution.
So I folded the edges of the leather back inside itself like so.
Which meant trying to line up holes and sew through four layers of leather in one go!
Unfortunately, I only realised this work was needed
after I cut the material out.
This meant a bit of extra trimming and some difficult sewing to join the two sides together like so.
( As before, this is sewn together inside out. )
I then trimmed off the excess material on either side of this join.
After that, I was able to pull the gaiter inside out to give me this.
Obviously, I still need to trim the excess material below the bottom edge of the 'sunny side' up face.
But I want to do that in the cockpit of the car and it looks like it will be raining all day.
So until next time, take care, Paul.
