Need ideas on tikifying cooler! - Other Crafts

KVT Kiki von Tiki Member Irvine, CA Joined: Mar 01, 2008 Posts: 758	KVT Kiki von Tiki Posted posted on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 5:21 AM Hey Tacky! My old cooler was too cool to cover! It was one of the old aluminum ones. So I did show it off till it finally got a hole and I couldn't use it anymore. If I may offer up an opinion - I would probably use a zipper around the top rather than a drawstring. If you have the sewing skills to do it, it will make for a tighter fit. Basically, top and bottom would each be cut as a circle, the sides would be cut as a rectangle (height x circumfrence). Sew the side seam to make a tube, then sew the bottom on "in the round" and the top attached to the side in one area and then add the zipper to close it. Or you can cut the side section taller and just do a drawstring at the top. The holes for handles, spout and cup dispenser would need to be finessed onto a pattern and cut/finished before sewing the tube. Hope that helps.

Hey Tacky! My old cooler was too cool to cover! It was one of the old aluminum ones. So I did show it off till it finally got a hole and I couldn't use it anymore.
If I may offer up an opinion - I would probably use a zipper around the top rather than a drawstring. If you have the sewing skills to do it, it will make for a tighter fit. Basically, top and bottom would each be cut as a circle, the sides would be cut as a rectangle (height x circumfrence). Sew the side seam to make a tube, then sew the bottom on "in the round" and the top attached to the side in one area and then add the zipper to close it. Or you can cut the side section taller and just do a drawstring at the top. The holes for handles, spout and cup dispenser would need to be finessed onto a pattern and cut/finished before sewing the tube.
Hope that helps.

Post #484396 by Kiki von Tiki on Mon, Sep 21, 2009 5:21 AM