Putting rivets in middle of seam

[JeannieH]

Also, should I open and glue down the side seams or leave them unskived and not glued down? I'm using 3.5 ounce chrome tanned upholstery fabric. 

Brian, would Bontex paper. E a good reinforcement? It's the strong paper used for like stiffening bags and using inside straps. If not...I would a thin leather be better? 

[RockyAussie]

9 hours ago, JeannieH said:

Also, should I open and glue down the side seams or leave them unskived and not glued down? I'm using 3.5 ounce chrome tanned upholstery fabric. 

Brian, would Bontex paper. E a good reinforcement? It's the strong paper used for like stiffening bags and using inside straps. If not...I would a thin leather be better? 

As you don't have a skiving machine yet I would leave it unskived and glue down only from the stitch line back about 1/8 to 3/16" leaving about half unglued. That is assuming your stitching around 3/8" in from the edges. Fully glued will show up on the outside and not look good. Do NOT pull back too firmly as that will tend to make the thread more noticible and also not look so good.I would do a few practice pieces and get the feel of how much tension is needed to make it come out just right.

I would use a bit of firmish leather for the reinforcement as it would adhere better and move with the bag more as it flexes around. ( less noticeable) . Regards Brian

[JeannieH]

2 hours ago, RockyAussie said:

As you don't have a skiving machine yet I would leave it unskived and glue down only from the stitch line back about 1/8 to 3/16" leaving about half unglued. That is assuming your stitching around 3/8" in from the edges. Fully glued will show up on the outside and not look good. Do NOT pull back too firmly as that will tend to make the thread more noticible and also not look so good.I would do a few practice pieces and get the feel of how much tension is needed to make it come out just right.

I would use a bit of firmish leather for the reinforcement as it would adhere better and move with the bag more as it flexes around. ( less noticeable) . Regards Brian

I do sew with a 3/8 seam. Forgive me but I don't understand how to only glue the 1/8 to 3/16. Are you saying...to fold over about that much toward the seam and glue that down? So the cut  edge folds over on either side about 1/8 to 3/16?  I'm so glad you answered this for me because I knew my seams weren't looking right! 

[RockyAussie]

 

 

Always hard to find a picture that shows what you want when you want it. I found a couple that should do alright I think. In the first picture I am doing a join on a bangle and it shows what I mean a bit in that you glue down at the thread seam and and away from the seam about 3/16" or so. If you glue all the way out on the 3/8 the edge will normally show up. With practice you learn to push the fold back toward the seam and not to pull it wide apart as that makes the stitching show up a lot. I was doing a run of pictures here on how to make these bangles and forgot to take some pictures when I finished them so.... next run maybe. There are a few bags we made in the following picture that show the seams as they should look when finished. Regards Brian