Ravenquille

Hi Drac, Not sure what the 'thick heatbond stuff' is exactly. Can you give me a link or a product name so I can check it out? I looked at your website.....absolutely awesome. Checked out a few sites belonging to other friends of yours as well. I am blown away by the creativity, design and expertise, WOW! Ravenquille

[and lace it up and then do some things in it --- like sit down and see what happens the body changes shape when you do things like move and sit. I can just see you doing all kinds of work on this and the first time you wear it -- you shread out all the holes..... and are YOU going to be showing through the laceing or are you going to line the skirt with something -- that could make a difference too. the lining could be taking stress instead of the lacing. ( Ravenquille ) Yes, open at the lacing, skin visible. The skirt is already lined with a lightweight lining like you see in a raincoat; nothing affecting form, just the usual clothing lining function. I looked at a couple of skirts which had side lacing to get an idea of how this feature had been handled. One skirt was of a light weight similar to the one I want to work on, and the other was of a much heavier leather. The heavier leather skirt was just simply cut, grommeted and laced; raw edge, no lining or reinforcement at the lacing areas. Had a fabric glued down to the leather, tacked here and there, for the basic body area of the skirt, however. The thinner leather skirt had folded down edges with a firm interfacing in the folds, grommeting into leather and this interfacing, with glue-down/pressdown for a smooth appearance. Neither had grommets with washer backs. So, what kind of interfacing material do you think would be the best for the grommet area? Something more stiff, or just the usual sort of thing you use to do simple clothing interfacing? Ravenquille ( Thanks for your ideas, everyone! )

Hi Everyone! I am from PA, and a Beginner at Leatherwork. My only current experience in Leather is Design, Tooling, Staining and Painting of pre-cut Belts. I have not yet done any Leather Carving, but as I am an Artist, I would like to try that as well; using my own original Artwork. I am interested in creating my own designs for relatively simple Celtic/Renaissance Faire items, and Gothic/Fetish type of items, such as: wristbands, armbands, neckbands, wrist and arm gauntlets, waistbands, waistcinchers. Also interested in doing some Mandala designs. Glad I found this Forum, very interesting reading so far; and so full of wisdom and experience! Thanks so much! Ravenquille

Hi, I would like to add Eyelet/Grommet Lacing to both sides of a leather skirt. I would be opening both side seams completely, and thought 00 size grommets would be a good size to use. I don't know the weight of the leather, but it is soft, not very heavy. ? Is a lightweight leather ( doublethickness, seam folded over ) thick enough to use grommets without an additional interfacing in an application like this? ( Lacing would not be taking any stress or pulling; just for looks, and basically increasing size evenly on both sides ( existing short rear waistline zipper will not close ). ) Thanks, Ravenquille

Hi, I was wondering if there is any Method for estimating approximate lacing length required, for lacing to be used in double-row eyelet/grommet work? ( such as in the sides of a leather skirt, waist cincher, gauntlets, etc.) Thanks! Ravenquille