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I have this canvas holdall I really like that has holes similar to this in each of the 4 bottom corners.

It is blue and the straps are blue leather.

I'm handy, but don't know how to use a sewing machine and the one we have is a normal fabric one. My hand sewing isn't the neatest, but can be passable if I take my time.

Any suggestions on best approach?

Cheers.

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I'd make a corner patch out of a L shaped piece of leather. Cut off the corners to make it look fancy. Stitch round the sides and a rivet through the bottom.

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Amazing. Thanks.

Would you overlap the join of A and B? Or do you butt them against each other?

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A flap could work, but aligning might be tricky

I'd probably butt them up, but I'm lazy

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Given it's a canvas bag I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to use a square piece of wood as a form inside to hold the shape and then use some sort of adhesive to get the corner patches in the correct position first.

Otherwise I'm not sure how I'd hold it in the right place on a large floppy bag.

Yeah, that's a good shout. I'd make the stitch holes in the leather before sewing it all up too.

A flap which is the shape and size of 'B' so it fully overlaps, giving a double thickness on the bottom?
Rivet through the double layer to hold in place for sewing and also to act as a foot?
If you can stand the smell, have the patches laser cut in leather including the stitch holes - this gives CNC precision spacing and makes the hand sewing more of an exercise in lacing - just don't try laser cutting pvc!

I was just going to get some of this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114179157488?
as my estimate is I need 4 10cmx10cm patches so it's <£15.

This is a really good suggestion!

A flap which is the shape and size of 'B' so it fully overlaps, giving a double thickness on the bottom?
Rivet through the double layer to hold in place for sewing and also to act as a foot?

One more question, what sort of thread do I need?

Pic of one of the existing leather reinforcing straps.

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I've been using Gutermann Extra Strong Thread - seems to work fine by hand or (manual) machine on cordura, denim, PVC and leather.

M782 in Col. 339 possibly? I've previously bought from
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195781463987
though lots of places stock it if you want to avoid postage costs.

For hand sewing leather I use Amy Roke. Comes in nice colours

https://www.artisanleather.co.uk/065mm-amy-roke-polyester-thread-burgundy-14.html

I could laser cut leather corners for you, got some pieces lying around. Wouldn't be for a few days though.

Cheers. That would be amazing I wouldn't be able to do it for at least a couple of weeks anyway.

Do you have navy blue leather?

I'll make some templates to check my measurements.

No blue sorry. I suppose you could buy some and send it to me

@moocher @hugo7 I'll just throw this in as an idea: mostly laser cut stuff is a taken from a layer of material, but there's nothing to stop a 2D shape being 3D printed. Also I haven't had access to a laser since retiring...

A corner reinforcement could be printed as a 3D object, but will be relatively weak across the layers, so avoid possible delamination by printing the whole thing as a flat piece in a flexible material such as TPU.

Pictures are probably more informative than words - V shaped channels define the folds - I'm fairly sure a bone folder won't work on polymers! The slot is offset slightly and sized to accommodate the thickness, but the centre hole is a bit too large.
Possibly heating the folds after shaping will relieve stress - I'm thinking boiling water might be sufficient.
Similarly a stitching groove might be a good idea when I get round to version 1.2 - having the thread below the wear surface can only improve things.

I've only got black TPU which doesn't photograph well, so 1st pic is a screenshot of the 'design', second shows how CNC holes guide the stitching. I think the rivet will be needed as TPU probably won't work well with adhesives. Will post more photos when I find time to give V1.2 a go.

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That's very cool. I've 3d printed ends for bar bags before with stitch holes. Generally seems to work well

Version 1.2.

The next version will have larger diameter stitch holes, and be half the thickness on the overlapping sections, making it easier to assemble.

Being realistic, leather would probably be a better option (unless vegan) as it could be glued in place before sewing up - I suspect TPU could be glued, but wouldn't hold for long.

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Bag is on hold for now, but still on the backlog. However, OH is pushing for me to repair their giraffe.

It's not very stable and has continually fallen over and had its ears and ossicones keep getting knocked off. I've always thought it needed a base to make it more stable.

We still have spare thick black limestone slabs from our patio and I have a grinder with the right blade and a circular saw with the wrong blade, so am confident of cutting a plinth(?) for it with a felt bottom.

The feet are about 2cm x 1.5cm. I was thinking about drilling a thin hole 1cm deep and cutting down some stainless 2-3mm kebab scewers as mounting spikes.

My questions are these:

1. Is there a way to work out what size plinth will make it stable?
   
2. Does my fixing plan make sense, and should I be buying some special metal in a different gauge?
   
3. For the ears I was thinking of drilling some dowl like mounting post. Do I want dowl? And is there a size that would be best?
   
   
   

Cheers

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Those ears and ossicones (which I had always thought were horns) look quite small for dowel. Bamboo kebab skewers perhaps? A couple of holes and glue.

Got commissioned to do another harlequin ball. 80hrs of ocd induced anxiety to look forward to over the next couple of weeks. Different size to the previous one(this one is 1.5m dia) so had to do some maths to scale it down from the last one. 9 colours on this one.
At least I have an assistant this time to do some of the cutting.

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I did some cross stitches years ago. Three of them will be in an exhibition in Croydon, if anyone fancies seeing a whole load of odd hobbies under one roof.

https://www.artangel.org.uk/project/come-as-you-really-are

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Fucking wow!

That biggie one.

Who’s the person that does the canvas stuff on here?

There was MrCanvas but he flounced. TheCanvasGuy hasn't been around for a while. LordandLady Canvas are misleadingly named. You could try BillyBurlap.

I think he's asking who that person is in real life. Who knows? People just hide behind their usernames.

That’s correct. There was someone on hear who made backpacks and tool roll ups.