I bought an inflatable water slide
(1) The fabric.
My first inclination is some type of canvas. Is there a canvas that is light enough that it can be sewn on a home machine but is tough enough to protect the water slide?
Is there something else that would be better?
Or will anything I can make at home be too light?
(2) The pattern.
Let's say that I can get the slide down to about 3' x 3' x 2'.
Left to my own devices, I would probably just buy enough fabric to wrap it up (like a Christmas present) and tie it with a rope. If I could find fabric that was at least 7' wide (3' plus 2' on each side), I'd get a piece about 15' long, put the deflated slide on one end, wrap or roll it up, and tie with a rope. The rope would serve as a handle. I imagine that this might have a tendency to to come undone.
If I were making a case (without a pattern), I'd get three pieces: a middle and two ends. The middle (the wrapper), would be about 3' x 12' and the ends 3' x 2' each. I'd sew the ends to the middle on three sides leaving a 3' x 2' opening with a 2-3' flap. The flap could be secured with velcro or a rope.
It there a pattern I could get somewhere that would be better than that?
I don't care much how it looks -- just that it works.