Sissy Bar bag

[wintermte]

"If" the bag you saw a couple weeks ago was the one I did? I used a stitch marker to mark where to punch my holes and set it at 5 holes per inch - used Tandy 1/8" lace to d the basket weave - makes for a nice tight weave but is very time consuming - for this newbie anyway ;0)

I think it was your bag that I saw. I'm not sure what you mean by a stitch marker. Can you post a link to where you bought this? I have an overstitcher that I use as a guide for sewing, but the marks are much too close for the size holes I would need to lacing. I used a quick template that I made on the computer, just to make sure the holes were spaced the same all around.

[McJeep]

I think it was your bag that I saw. I'm not sure what you mean by a stitch marker. Can you post a link to where you bought this? I have an overstitcher that I use as a guide for sewing, but the marks are much too close for the size holes I would need to lacing. I used a quick template that I made on the computer, just to make sure the holes were spaced the same all around.

Used this overstitcher with the 5 per inch wheel on it (little tighter than every 1/4")

http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/home/de...ature=Product_2

Then punched the holes on the front panel with 1/8" punch - then marked corresponding holes on the side panel and punched - then laced with 1/8" using the round braid

Doing it this way makes all of the lacing really nice and tight but boy oh boy it's tedious and time consuming. I don't think I'll use this method much except when I'm doing really fussy work. Having to go through the holes twice when only using a 1/8 hole makes for a lot of work the second time through.