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Notes for others that are going to install this steering wheel cover from Stickerfab:
See the photo below.
I started at the white arrow, got my rhythm down, and stitched over to the light blue arrow. Repeat for the other side, mirror image. You only use about a foot of thread for each side max. I spooled out a couple feet of thread and cut off more than I actually used. Tie a simple knot in the first black loop and then tie a simple knot at the last black loop.
After getting it figured out at the lower steering wheel portions (white to blue arrow), then I started at the RED arrow and went all the way across the top over to the yellow arrow. I spooled out about 3 feet of thread and again, only used about a foot-and-a-half or so.
Now look at the green arrows below. These are the tight corners and it gets a bit squirrely in these corners. It's like when you're learning about what a differential does and you learn that the inner wheel travels less distance than the outer wheel in a turn. If you keep going straight across from one black loop to the next, the outer black loops start to get way ahead of the inner black loops. You have to hold back and double-loop through a couple of the inner loops to keep it all even. Hard to explain but you'll see what I mean when you're doing it. The good thing is that you can un-stitch all you want if it's not lining up right. I unstitched a good 6-inches on the left side and paid closer attention the second time around. I'll post some photos of the corner sections below.
One final note:
Every 5 or 6 or so stitches, you have to pull the past few stitches tight.
See the pic below:
In this picture, I'm using the second needle included in the kit to pull on the already-completed stitches to pull them tight. Go back about 10 stiches and give them all a pull and you'll be surprised by how much slack you pull in. This keeps the overall stitching tight. And remember that you can reverse course and push the needle backwards through your already-completed stitches at any time. I got knotted up a few times trying to reverse course and I almost had to cut out the thread and start over.
I'm mailing my extra 50 miles of Army green waxed 0.8mm/150D thread to monkeeboi tomorrow. He'll use what he needs and then he's bound by the ancient laws of The Ladies' Sewing Circle to pay it forward and mail the spool of thread to the next guy who requests it. I received 284 yards of this thread for $8 and I used about 3 or 4 feet. I actually needed about 2 feet max. Let's keep it going.
See the photo below.
I started at the white arrow, got my rhythm down, and stitched over to the light blue arrow. Repeat for the other side, mirror image. You only use about a foot of thread for each side max. I spooled out a couple feet of thread and cut off more than I actually used. Tie a simple knot in the first black loop and then tie a simple knot at the last black loop.
After getting it figured out at the lower steering wheel portions (white to blue arrow), then I started at the RED arrow and went all the way across the top over to the yellow arrow. I spooled out about 3 feet of thread and again, only used about a foot-and-a-half or so.
Now look at the green arrows below. These are the tight corners and it gets a bit squirrely in these corners. It's like when you're learning about what a differential does and you learn that the inner wheel travels less distance than the outer wheel in a turn. If you keep going straight across from one black loop to the next, the outer black loops start to get way ahead of the inner black loops. You have to hold back and double-loop through a couple of the inner loops to keep it all even. Hard to explain but you'll see what I mean when you're doing it. The good thing is that you can un-stitch all you want if it's not lining up right. I unstitched a good 6-inches on the left side and paid closer attention the second time around. I'll post some photos of the corner sections below.
One final note:
Every 5 or 6 or so stitches, you have to pull the past few stitches tight.
See the pic below:
In this picture, I'm using the second needle included in the kit to pull on the already-completed stitches to pull them tight. Go back about 10 stiches and give them all a pull and you'll be surprised by how much slack you pull in. This keeps the overall stitching tight. And remember that you can reverse course and push the needle backwards through your already-completed stitches at any time. I got knotted up a few times trying to reverse course and I almost had to cut out the thread and start over.
I'm mailing my extra 50 miles of Army green waxed 0.8mm/150D thread to monkeeboi tomorrow. He'll use what he needs and then he's bound by the ancient laws of The Ladies' Sewing Circle to pay it forward and mail the spool of thread to the next guy who requests it. I received 284 yards of this thread for $8 and I used about 3 or 4 feet. I actually needed about 2 feet max. Let's keep it going.
