Assembly Sew the calfskin lid to the wider end of the calfskin bag with ½” hem. Use glover’s needles and white linen cord at approx. 4-5 stitches per inch. Lay all the calfskin parts out on top of the hemp canvas. Trace on the canvas and cut. Leave enough canvas to cut out the canvas bag interior divider (19”x12”); let me (Zack) know if you don’t have enough canvas for this. Sew the calfskin sides to the calfskin bag: On the skin side of the bag-sides, draw a line in pen ½” from the sides and bottom (the curved end). The side and bottom lines should meet at a point on both bottom corners (i.e. don’t follow the curve around the bottom). Draw a ½” line in pen along the sides of the bag, starting at the notches where the bag narrows. Lay the bag and bag-side parts hair on hair. Align the straight side of the bag-side to the side of the bag (narrower end) Clamp the parts together with binder clips Using glover’s needles and white linen cord, lace the bag-sides to the bag Start at the top front of the bag (i.e. the narrow end of the bag), sewing through the lines on the bag-sides and the bag Lace at approx. 4-5 stitches per inch Sew down to the corner (marked in pen) and stop Align the notch on the bag-side with the notch at the bag/lid Lace down to the corner of the bag-side and stop Cut a ¼” notch in the bag-side just past the corner Pull the notch so it overlaps itself; while holding it tight, lace the bottom of the bag-side to the bag When you near the other corner, pull that bag-side’s notch so it overlaps itself; while holding it tight, lace the bottom of the bag-side to the bag Repeat all of this on the other bag-side
Assembly Sew the calfskin lid to the wider end of the calfskin bag with ½” hem. Use glover’s needles and white linen cord at approx. 4-5 stitches per inch. Lay all the calfskin parts out on top of the hemp canvas. Trace on the canvas and cut. Leave enough canvas to cut out the canvas bag interior divider (19”x12”); let me (Zack) know if you don’t have enough canvas for this. Sew the calfskin sides to the calfskin bag: On the skin side of the bag-sides, draw a line in pen ½” from the sides and bottom (the curved end). The side and bottom lines should meet at a point on both bottom corners (i.e. don’t follow the curve around the bottom). Draw a ½” line in pen along the sides of the bag, starting at the notches where the bag narrows. Lay the bag and bag-side parts hair on hair. Align the straight side of the bag-side to the side of the bag (narrower end) Clamp the parts together with binder clips Using glover’s needles and white linen cord, lace the bag-sides to the bag Start at the top front of the bag (i.e. the narrow end of the bag), sewing through the lines on the bag-sides and the bag Lace at approx. 4-5 stitches per inch Sew down to the corner (marked in pen) and stop Align the notch on the bag-side with the notch at the bag/lid Lace down to the corner of the bag-side and stop Cut a ¼” notch in the bag-side just past the corner Pull the notch so it overlaps itself; while holding it tight, lace the bottom of the bag-side to the bag When you near the other corner, pull that bag-side’s notch so it overlaps itself; while holding it tight, lace the bottom of the bag-side to the bag Repeat all of this on the other bag-side
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