Making a Canvas Watch Strap

[thorn697]

I've been trying to make a few canvas straps and have had a lot of trouble with the edges. They tend to fray and don't look good after painting. Does anyone have suggestions for getting this to sit better?

I have heard of people doing folded edges on canvas as well. When I tried to do one, the glue soaked through onto the front side of my canvas. It was a disaster. I haven't been able to come up with a good idea for doing a fold with such a flimsy piece of material that tapers as it goes down. So far my attempts have been messy to say the least.

This is one that I have made

 

This is one that I would ideally like to be able to make. I'm fairly sure this isn't a folded edge.

 

This one is for certain a folded edge

 

Any tips for achieving either of these results would be greatly appreciated!

[nrk]

double sided tape

[kiwican]

Yeah the stuff they call glue tape. Very thin peel the paper back and stick one side down then peel the other side and stick the material down in that. Tap it down. Punch holes and stitch. I get mine from wallyworld 

[Grumpymann]

Looks like to me that the ends meet in the middle so you can loop the strap on the watch end and the buckle end and have no visible seam. Hope that helps.