Leather Bags and Purses by Elsie Mochrie

Author:Elsie Mochrie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
Published: 2016-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

THE FASTENING.

The slits or holes in the fold of the flap through which the srips pass are cut firs. To find the position of the fold measure up 1/2 in. from the top edge of the front, and rule a faint line across the underside of the flap. This will allow sufficient freedom for the flap to lie correcly in position when the bag is full. The slits can be cut with a knife, but are more easily made with a No. 2 punch. They are 5/16 in. long by 1/10 in. wide and 3/8 in. apart (see diagram 20). In using the punch for the slits, five holes are required for each slit, each hole overlapping to the centre of the previous one, so that a sraight edge is obtained. When this has been done, place the tab piece of the fasening on the front with the sarting of the srips 3/8 in. below the top edge of the bag, and apply a little pase to keep it in position. Punch five groups of four holes jus below the space between the srips and further secure the two leathers by thonging through the holes in the form of five crosses as shown in diagram. Now thread the srips through the slits in the flap and pase them on to one end of the wrong side of the recangular piece of leather for 5/8 in., arranging them at equal disances apart and taking care not to sretch them, or the bag will not hang evenly. Fold the piece of leather into half, and pase the other end over the ends of the srips so that the ends are now held between the edges of the leather. To further secure them punch three groups of four holes, arranging them to come in the centre of the srips and thong them with three crosses (see diagram 21). The ends of the thongs are secured by sicking them on the underside of the tab piece.

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