I am beginning to make a dress sporran using a chrome plated purse making mouth (the clam-shell kind that open and close). I am wondering if anyone would measure the length/height and width of a typical dress sporran, so I can get mine in the right ballpark. I am also using a thistle I bought at the Foothills games in Hendersonville, NC from Hyde and Heddle. It was supposed to be a cap badge from the Reserve Battalion. I was expecting one with some kind of clasp on back, but it had two loops perpendicular to the face of the badge. I am putting it on the inside middle of the clasp.














YES! I am TOO CHEAP to just buy one, so I am trying to make one based on pics alone. Also, me being me, I am trying to make a fur/chrome one that is FUNCTIONAL as a sporran, with an opening and closing mouth.


Thanks for any responses,