Howdy again,

Thanks for the compliments!

for the parachute cord, I used a medium width presser foot on one of our tailoring machines, ordinary poly/poly wrapped thread from the store, and 12 stitches per inch. I ran down one side of the cord, then up the other edge. The thread is barely visible. The seams, panels, and reinforced patches for the button holes are all stitched at 10 stitches per inch. On both the top flaps and the adjacent but slightly larger ones underneath, I stitched the edges just shy of 1/4", turned them, ironed them, then dropped the nylon panels inside. The lower/underneath flap has a basting stitch 1" in from the edge, and the upper flap has the piping sewn through all the layers.

I'd elaborate more, but my spell check has to drink heavily enough to recover from an evening of my typing. I'll do a more thorough photo essay on my next project.

Cheers,

Kevin.