conceptdiba Report post Posted December 6, 2010 Hi all, Did a quick search and didn't have any luck. There must be a simple explanation for this but I just dont see it. How does one get the edge of their card slots like this? It's not folded and stitched since there's not stitching but it doesn't look like a raw edge either. Is it folded and glued? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
conceptdiba Report post Posted December 6, 2010 (edited) Just realized there's a pinned thread that covers this. D'oh! Edited December 6, 2010 by conceptdiba Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sheridanman Report post Posted December 6, 2010 hi its folded. and the edges are professionally heat-creased. and not burnished since the edges are folded and tucked. i use to ask the same question until i got a wallet that has same set up and has the exact card slots design. i tore it apart to see how it was made and i assumed it was heat creased since i do it as well to my projects and the slots are paper thin leather that can be folded at the edge to clip the lining of the slots that also act as pockets and are made out of cloth or textile fabric that has silky characteristics. most wallets do this even the hi-end ones to give it that thin look. the idea of the heat crease and fold i just assumed the maker wants to achieve a rolled edge look so he folded and then creased thats why you see the edges are kinda round not flat with and edge on top. hope this helps! there are others here at LW who are masters of this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TwinOaks Report post Posted December 7, 2010 Folded and heat creased if you have the equipment, time, and patience. Folded and stuck down with glue or the tape that KK recommends if you have too little of the latter two. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
conceptdiba Report post Posted December 7, 2010 Thanks so much for the responses! I'm not familiar with heat creasing at all but it sounds like I need some sort of machine. I guess I've been doing my card slots 'wrong' the whole time. Instead of fabric, I just cut the entire slot worth of leather in a 'T' shape. I guess it's just a more expensive way of doing it since more leather is being used, but seeing as I used kangaroo on my last project it still keeps things very slim and low profile. I do have a skiving machine, so skiving the edge wafer-thin, folding. and gluing it will work. I'm considering even doing very fine stitching instead of glue to give it a more high-end look. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobDude30 Report post Posted December 8, 2010 Thanks so much for the responses! I'm not familiar with heat creasing at all but it sounds like I need some sort of machine. I guess I've been doing my card slots 'wrong' the whole time. Instead of fabric, I just cut the entire slot worth of leather in a 'T' shape. I guess it's just a more expensive way of doing it since more leather is being used, but seeing as I used kangaroo on my last project it still keeps things very slim and low profile. I do have a skiving machine, so skiving the edge wafer-thin, folding. and gluing it will work. I'm considering even doing very fine stitching instead of glue to give it a more high-end look. I've played around with all three methods and find that folded and glued works best for me. When I folded and stitched the edges it looked very nice, but the credit cards would sometimes catch on the stitching and were hard to insert in the slots. The cards would also sometimes stick to the thread (waxed linen) and become hard to remove from the slots. If you were to use a very fine poly thread with no wax, it might work well?? Just my experience and some rambling - YMMV. Be sure and post your results what ever you try. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
