My new project (prototype)

Well I tried this with my old Neon and failed miserably, but I figured I'd try again with my Grand Prix. I'm making a leather steering wheel cover and stitching it up with a different color thread. With my Neon, I tried to take off the leather from the steering wheel, cut it up to make templates, and make a new leather cover, but it was not easy by ANY means. I eventually gave up and stopped trying over and over. This time I've thought about it and this time I'm not going to make a new OEM cover...I'm going to make a cover that goes OVER the factory leather! Meaning I don't have to make the 4 spoke areas, which were the biggest pain in my ass with the Neon wheel. I'm just going to make the leather a little bit longer by the spokes and then tuck it under the cover so there's a nice rolled finished edge instead of a raw cut edge. Anyways, here's my first prototype. I didn't think of rolling the ends until after I cut this one out, but I'm sure I'm going to have to go through a few prototypes before I come out with the final result...and by God I WILL finish this one! Anyways, on to the pictures...

Tomorrow I'm going to punch the holes out to where I need to sew it together, then when it's all sewn up, I'm going to mark where I need to extend the leather for the spokes and cut the cover off and make a new one. I'm going to have to sand the suede side of the leather down on the spokes part so that there's not too much bulk on the outside of the cover when it's tucked in. Anyways, enjoy!

Oh, one other thing...as soon as I get a chance to take out my shift boot and redo it, I'll be making a group buy on custom boots with any color thread. I did that with my Neon boot on the Neon forums...made custom ones and sold them. The color of leather will only be black though...no graphite unless I can get a good price on a hide.