Handicraft Simplified Procedure and Projects in Leather, Celluloid, Metal, Wood, Batik, Rope, Cordage, Yarn, Horsehair, Pottery, Weaving, Stone, Primitive Indian Craft. Lester Griswold
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3.Folding Coin Purse. (Tooling Vealskin or heavy Calfskin, Goat.)
a.Firm leather is required. The illustration shows vealskin carved, and goatskin stamped. Method of tracing design and carving is detailed on pages 53 and 54. Stamping is shown on page 58, also under Morocco Stamping, pages 30 and 31.
b.Assembly detail is shown in the sketches, pages 75 and 76.
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4.Key Purses.
Unlined Key Purses may be made of heavy Calfskin or Steer and these are not necessarily laced. The key plate is attached directly to the outside piece as detailed in Sketch A, page 79.
a.Dampen, crease and apply design. A panel, either a monogram or conventional design is usually applied to the center as illustrated, though a small design may be tooled on the flap if desired. If the purse is not to be laced edge creasing and staining (if the leather is dark) will complete the project. The key plate and snap fastener may be attached either before or after the design is tooled. It should be done last if it interferes with the design.
b.The key purse, Cuts A and B, is a swivel plate type of steer, lined with matching goatskin. The key plate is attached to the lining and this cemented and laced to the outside piece which has been tooled. See tooling, cementing and lacing procedure, pages 44 to 47 and pages 63 to 68.
Cut C shows a post type keytainer.
5.Memo Pad Purse an Bill Fold with coin pocket. (Steer or Calfskin.)
a.Dampen and apply panel decoration, as illustrated, monogram or emblem to the ends, fold in position and dry.
b.Skive edges and stitch the coin purse section to the lining.
c.Cement the pocket, which has been creased or turned down at the top, to the lining and then the lining to the outside, smoothing from the center fold to the ends to prevent buckling. Trim uneven margins.
d.Punch and lace, starting near the upper edge of the pocket.
5A. The Coin Pocket Bill Fold is assembled in the same way except that the Bill Fold has an additional bill pocket which must be stitched along the upper edge after pockets are in place. If cut of dyed leather the unlaced edge should be stained. Steerhide is especially satisfactory for this project as thinner sections may be used for the lining and pockets. A neat finish for the top of the pocket is obtained by cutting the lining sufficiently wide to permit the unlaced edge to be skived and turned down before stitching.
e.Punch upper outside edge and lace first, cement lining in position with outside folded, and lace together around remaining three sides. Cut A shows lining.
6.Bill Fold for Small Bills, Double Pockets. (Steer, Calfskin.)
a.Cut B shows the appearance of the lining section with the double pockets in place and stitched along one edge.
b.Assembly follows that detailed for No. 5A.
7.Photo Holder and Identification Card Case.
a.The parts consist of an outside piece, window for photo or card, celluloid, lining and in the Identification Case an additional card pocket.
b.Tool the outside front and back panels as previously directed, permit to dry folded in position.
c.Stitch the celluloid (along the inside edge only) to the window section, which has been creased.
d.Cement the lining, window and pocket in position and crease guide line for punching.
e.Punch and lace using wide or narrow lacing. The lacing should start at a point that will permit the ends of the thongs to be concealed under an inside edge.
8.Photo Frame, Easel Type. (Steer or Calfskin.)
a.The decoration is applied to the frame opening which is suitable for many forms of border and corner designs.
b.A metal easel may be attached or a leather easel constructed as indicated in the sketch which also shows method of attachment to the back, and slit for inserting photo. Soft leather is stiffened by cementing to strap leather, Sketch B.
c.Decorate frame and permit it to dry.
d.Cement together at the edges, the frame, celluloid the same size, and the back to which the easel has been attached.
e.Crease, punch and lace, using wide or narrow lacings.
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9.Envelope Bags.
Three styles of envelope purses are illustrated. No. 1 is without gusset, and has two straight pockets and a stitched coin pocket. This is constructed the same as the flat square cornered coin purse except that the pocket must be stitched in place before the parts are cemented for assembly. Concealed snap fasteners are attached to the pockets as shown in the illustration. The use of the handle is optional. Lining required.
No. 2–2A Envelope Bags are constructed as follows:
a.Dampen and decorate the flap of the outside piece, also back panel if desired, and permit to dry in a folded position with tissue paper inserted to preserve the shape.
b.Construct gussets as directed under assembly procedure, page 66.
c.Skive