Sewing a Shift Boot with My New Juki

中古のミシンを買いました。メイドインジャパン。実はこれ、オットからの3年遅れのクリスマス・結婚記念日祝い。

新しい（中古だけど）ミシンでのプロジェクト第一号は、オットの車のシフトブーツ。

現存のシフトブーツはもうボロボロどころか、触るだけで表面のビニールがポロポロはげ落ちてくる状態でした。

皮で作って、って頼まれたんだけど、とりあえず練習用にビニール布で作ってみました。

初めて作った割にはけっこう完ぺき。自画自賛。練習用と言わず、もうこれで完成。

I bought a second-hand industrial Juki. It's actually a wedding anniversary & Christmas gift from the Man of the House that was promised to me 3 years ago.

The first project with my industrial Juki is a new shift boot for MOTH's car. The current one is in a pretty poor condition: disintegrating badly and the vinyl was falling apart as you touched it.

I had never made a shift boot before, but after watching some YouTube tutorials, it looked pretty simple. (And it indeed is.)

1. Take it apart and trace the shape of the panel.

2. Add a seam allowance.

3. Cut the vinyl. MOTH wanted a leather boot but I wanted a prototype to practice so I bought some fleece backed vinyl. My boot had 4 panels and they were all different shape. I numbered them so I would know how the panels fit.

4. Sew the panels together and top stitch. Oh, my, god. Compound feed industrial machine is amazing. So, so amazing.

Tada~.

I was a bit worried that the shape of the base was not quite a symmetrical trapezoid, but that was how the frame piece was shaped. Phew. The boot actually fit perfectly.

This was supposed to be a practice run, but I think this is it, unless MOTH decides he really wants a leather boot. It was only 4 seams to sew and topstitch, but it feels like quite an accomplishment. LOVE IT!