same old question from a Newbie - making a full face sporran

[longhuntr74]

Turpin...those are some great bits of advice...makes me think that somebody should do a sporran construction video...or pdf...with a step by step "how to"!!

Post Edit: I decided to go looking for a video on youtube and found this....this guy's work is impressive. Thought I'd share for any other aspiring "do it yourselfers". http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=0958

[Pleater]

Hello Paul, and welcome.

We are almost neighbours - I am in Poole, Dorset, and I have made costumes in the past - I was with John Lilburn's Regiment of musket and pike when I lived in the Midlands and have done a little am dram - but I have limited knowledge of leather work

I did make a lab rat into a purse once, but then I got a cat and it vanished - though a suspicious trail of coins led from my bag to the back door cat flap, so it didn't take Sherlock Holmes to deduce the likely chain of events.

I use non waterproof white wood glue for a lot of things - it means that if it all goes horribly wrong, or there is damage done at some future date, the glue can be unstuck with warm water (or more slowly with cold) and repairs made.

It does mean that things left in the damp are likely to come apart - I am justnow gluing together some furniture left outside, covered, but which fell apart around the feet due to the damp.

It also makes good papier mache - which is surprisingly lightweight and, incidentally, good for restoration work where there is very little to work with.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: