The Empress belt by Tandy

[shehog]

Hi,

Does anyone have an old Tandy pattern for a ladies contour belt called "The Empress". I think it dates from the late 50's or early 60's

thanks.

Lezli

[King's X]

Does it come to a point in the middle? Maybe.

Happy New Year!

[shehog]

Does it come to a point in the middle? Maybe.

Happy New Year!

Hi King's X,

Happy New Year to you as well.

It doesn't come to a sharp point in the front, but it is lower in the front with a gentle curving contour and it buckles in the front.

I saw it in an old Tandy catalog that someone is selling on ebay, hopefullly this link will work..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Tandy-Leather-catalogs-lot-Patterns-for-tooling_W0QQitemZ400083349498QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5d26d36ffa

Thanks.

[Johanna]

If I can't find the pattern, I'll trace you the back part of my belt. It's just a piece of leather attached to two skinny straps to buckle in the front. I wish I had a dollar for everytime someone wanted to know how I got it in the loops. LOL

Johanna

[DonnieBlaze]

If I can't find the pattern, I'll trace you the back part of my belt. It's just a piece of leather attached to two skinny straps to buckle in the front. I wish I had a dollar for everytime someone wanted to know how I got it in the loops. LOL

Johanna

Well heres my doller. how did you get it through th loops? lol just couldn't resist sorry

[King's X]

Let me check to see if that is the same pattern.

[dirtclod]

After looking at the pattern on ebay why don't you make a pattern it looks pretty simple to do. Measure your waist. Get the size buckle you want to use. Take a piece of poster board and draw it out at the widest width and then taper it down to where it fits the buckle on both ends. Then put what ever style of design you want on it.

[shehog]

If I can't find the pattern, I'll trace you the back part of my belt. It's just a piece of leather attached to two skinny straps to buckle in the front. I wish I had a dollar for everytime someone wanted to know how I got it in the loops. LOL

Johanna

Johanna,

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Lezli

Let me check to see if that is the same pattern.

Thanks for looking King's X, I sure do appreciate it.

Lezli

[ClayB]

If you are close to a Tandy store, you could check out the book Belts Galore by Al Stohlman. Near the back of the book he has patterns for a few different contour belts. Maybe one of them is close to what you are wanting.

[shehog]

If you are close to a Tandy store, you could check out the book Belts Galore by Al Stohlman. Near the back of the book he has patterns for a few different contour belts. Maybe one of them is close to what you are wanting.

Thanks Clay,I'll do that.

Hope you are staying warm. Just heard on the news that you are at 31 below!!!

[Dejathoris666]

I have 2 sets o fthe Empress, plus lots of other leather working documents and t, including 2 Craftaids no one has for sale on the internet (#2580 of a trout jumping on a lake with an Indian in a canoe in the background, and #2500, a billfold using a flower pattern).  My grandfather did a lot of leather work in the 1950s.

[Northmount]

On 4/24/2022 at 9:32 AM, Dejathoris666 said:

I have 2 sets o fthe Empress, plus lots of other leather working documents and t, including 2 Craftaids no one has for sale on the internet (#2580 of a trout jumping on a lake with an Indian in a canoe in the background, and #2500, a billfold using a flower pattern).  My grandfather did a lot of leather work in the 1950s.

I assume you realized this thread is 12 years old.  If you want to sell your patterns or craftaids, please post them in the Marketplace forum https://leatherworker.net/forum/forum/72-bookspatternsperiodicalsvideos/