question on long leather stripe

[stampingdelight]

hello everyone

any tips for doing a long leather stripe should hide not be long enough? was needing something close to 80" is it posible to do one single piece of leather stripe?

[fredk]

Anyone doing long strips cuts them out in a circle, wets them and stretches them out straight to dry

[TonyV]

On 7/5/2026 at 11:18 PM, fredk said:

Anyone doing long strips cuts them out in a circle, wets them and stretches them out straight to dry

That's the way, just like making lace, but a bigger scale. Simple and effective.

Depending on your project, you can also make a long strap by joining 2 or more shorter straps with sewing, rivets, bleed knots or other joining methods.  You can incorporate a decorative ring or other hardware between the 2 sections. Get as artistic as you wish.

Edited July 7 by TonyV

[stampingdelight]

@fredk @TonyV k thanks

 

@TonyV I take it if you wet item that has some curve you can get to dry straght 

[fredk]

works only with veg tan; wet it and stretch it out, pull it really tight and keep it that way until it dries