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Sew A Jeep Tire Cover With Camera Hole

5/5/2020

 
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 I am rarely able to surprise my husband with gifts.  This past Christmas I really did good because I bought a back up camera for his Jeep.  He loves to drive that vehicle but the only problem he has ever complained about is it didn't come with a back up camera.  Weird because it has that tire on the back that creates blind spots and takes up part of viewing area of the glass. Anyway, I made myself pretty proud by actually finding the one that would work for his model and getting it delivered to my house without him even suspecting it.  Since we are currently at home social distancing , he got brave and finally installed it and wow it works great!  Only one issue though. I had sewn a tire cover for him last year that either needed to be retrofitted or re sewn.  I decided to make a new one because the last material I used was vinyl and it was starting to show some wear and tear.  He also has a birthday coming up so bonus opportunity. 
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Sewing your own tire cover is not hard. See the graphic above. I took a measurement across the tire, then I measured the thickness of the tire.  I overlapped the tape measure toward the back so when it was installed, the cover would go over the sides a bit.  The third measurement was around the tire.  That's the tricky one unless you are good at math. (I'm not) Once I had those I added one inch to A, Two inches to B and 10 inches to C.  I used a 1/2 inch seam allowance so my final measurements were A=33 inches , B= 16 inches C= 110 inches. Those will vary according to your tire sizes. I added 10 inches of extra length to C because it gives you a little bit of fudge room as you are sewing the gusset to the circle fabric. I did have several extra inches that were cut off once it was sewn together. I am always scared to cut exact on gussets so I always seem to leave extra for mistakes. Again, I am Math challenged but if you are not, you will probably be able to figure that out just fine.
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I used a tape measure and french curve ruler to get my circle just right. This would be the front of the cover.
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The gusset had to be pieced because of the length. I also had to use two different color fabrics due to my stash. I am using DUCK canvas which is good for outdoor projects.  It is not UV rated so I do expect fading but this is an easy project and I can make a new one in a year or two.
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Here you see the gusset has been sewn around the circle right sides together and then I did a dry fit before I added the elastic. I used my chalk marker to trace around the small triangle where the camera was mounted.
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I picked a center point on the drawn triangle and then drew lines to each corner.  I cut on each of these lines toward those corners so I would have three flaps.
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This shows me cutting the flaps and then folding them toward the back.
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I did a quick stitch around the perimeter and trimmed the fabric edges with pinking shears.  If you wanted to do a bit more, you could sew binding around also but I think this will be good enough for me. The thread I am using is a heavy duty outdoor type also. I used a denim needle to put the entire cover together.
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I created a casing for the elastic by double folding the edge 1/2 inch. Then I stitched around leaving a small hole so I could pass that elastic through.
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I used 1/4 inch elastic and a bodkin to make it easier. Then I stitched the elastic ends together and sewed the opening.  Time to install on the Jeep.
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Here it is!  I made sure I had the placement where the camera still worked and surprised him again.  I think the color looks so nice with the Jeep.  I will probably use some clear fabric spray just to protect the colors as long as I can.  This was an easy project and if it only lasts a year or so, no problem making a new one. This would be a great project for Father's Day which is coming up!  Maybe do some embroidery on it too?  I hope you have enjoyed this post, share what you learn and are generous with what you create. Someone will appreciate your hard work! 

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