Cockpit Cover Half Done

[sub2010ss]

It's been an interesting past couple of days as I tackled my bow snap cover. This is my second sewing project. The first was an armrest on my truck which didn't turn out nice enough to talk about. I think this turned out great! I used Top Gun Caribean Blue canvas. It's pretty tight right now and I'm hoping it loosens up a bit with time. Next project is to take on the rest of the cover.

 

[52FordF2]

Can you explain the steps you did up to and including the snaps?

What type of installation Snap tool?

 

[produceguy]

That looks great!!!

 

[sub2010ss]

I used my boats existing cover as a pattern. I removed all the buttons using a drill and removed what was left of the old thread. I used a soap pencil to trace the old pattern and cut it out and followed the same stitching pattern as well. I used seam stick to hold all of the seams and sewed with my wife's standard sewinnmachine. Then I centered the pattern onto the boat and started marking one button at a time. To install I bought a leather hole punch and a snap kit which has a holder and a punch for installing the buttons. Eventually I felt comfortable enough to install the remaining buttons and was done. I watched a lot of videos on the entire process on YouTube.

 

[sub2010ss]

Also, I ordered my supplies from Rochford Supply. They have amazing fast shipping.

 

[Corjen1]

Very Cool, great job Sir!!

 

[sub2010ss]

All finished!