my very first full basketstamped belt

[troyn]

Hi,

Ok I finished my very first full basketstamped belt last night as a Christmas gift for my Dad, sorry I didn't take any pictures of it, the puppy is wrapped up already to go. It turn out nice, but I had one area that was tricky to figure out that I wish I could figure out a better solution for.

That is near the Buckle area, on my belt blank I put a round end on it and wanted to sew in the buckle. So I groved that area of the belt following around my half round end. The part that is tricky is in figuring out how to make my round groove line match the end when it gets folded over so that my stitches will be lined up on the front of the belt. Not to mention getting the stitching holes to line up, I already kinda figured I couldn't just run the stitching wheel in the groove as nothing would probably line up when I folded it over the buckle. consquently I landed up Awling the stitches and using my stitching wheel one hole at a time to make everything line up...but there has got to be a more efficient way to do this..

help?

Thanks,

Troy

[Rawhide]

the only thing I can tell you to do is to fold the belt end over and close the snaps. Then lay belt flat with the flesh or lining side up. Take some tracing film and trace the outline of the folded piece and the location of the gouge. Flip the belt over, and lineup the edges. Mark your gouge. Then cut it. It should be pretty darn close.

Marlon