cbriansew Report post Posted September 6, 2018 Curious to what anyone uses for bag edge binding? If that's even what you call it....to hide my ugly seams on canvas bags and give it a nicer look. Thank you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScoobyNewbie Report post Posted September 6, 2018 Sounds good to me... im thinking of using it for a sweatband of a flat cap I’m doing later. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
koreric75 Report post Posted September 6, 2018 6 hours ago, cbriansew said: Curious to what anyone uses for bag edge binding? If that's even what you call it....to hide my ugly seams on canvas bags and give it a nicer look. Thank you! I use the same leather as the body or accent color, cut in to strips and if necessary (almost always is) skived as thin as possible to allow a double folded edge that will cover the seam edge and give ~1/4" seam allowance on both sides...there are places that you can purchase leather binding material on spools if you have a machine with a binder attachment, i have yet to get one so i use contact cement to do the folds and bond the binding then stitch with the cb3200 or hand. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheilajeanne Report post Posted September 6, 2018 I am planning to bind the edge of my current WIP. I am also going to line the bag with fabric, which means I'm going to need a needle with both a sharp point and a large eye to sew the binding in place. Where can I find such a needle, and what would it be called? I have also thought of trying to sharpen a couple of handstitching needles. I have quite a few from the Tandy kits I've worked on! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
