purse copy

[JoeS]

Hi,

I've been asked to copy an old purse and was wondering if anyone couldoffer a way that they would go about it or to give me some advice ongetting all of these panels to line up nicely. I have 3/4 oz side fromW & C, took half of the purse apart (the other half is the same),made tracings of the pieces on file folders and I'm ready to transfermy patterns to the leather. I had posted a question about oiling mylast try on 5/6 oz and was told to cut it, case it, slick the pieces,oil with neatsfoot and then lexol. The lady wants it plain, no toolingor lining and I thought I could get that color close just by oiling.So, I'm wondering if this time I should rough cut the pieces, case andslick them, trace the patterns with a stylus like a pattern for carving( I found out on the last try what happens to pen marks when pieces arestacked on top of each other wet), finish the edges that are buried,oil, sew it and then finish the edges that are sewed together? Itlooked simple enough when I said yes but now I'm confused as to theorder in which I should put this thing together. The original looks tobe double stitched with something around #69 or #46 thread so I wasthinking of just using #93 on my flatbed 31-15 or Tippmann if I haveto, but the needle holes seem way too big. I'm determined to end upwith something reasonable, and if I get nothing else than some experience and agood lesson, I'll be happy. As always, any and all ideas orcomments would be greatly appreciated.

I have pics but can't get the uploader to work with firefox. Is it me or the board update?

Thanks for looking,

joe

[JoeS]

ah, here we go....i think i got the pics to upload....