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**Shinenotburn** · 13th January 15, 07:46 PM

These are great little sketches here Mike. I think your sporran looks quite smart as well. Nice job!

**Taskr** · 14th January 15, 03:33 PM

Mike,
I misunderstood. I thought you meant turned under as on the face.

Thx for the PM

**Pleater** · 14th January 15, 06:57 PM

When I made a bag I had found that a join with the inside faces together produced an edge able to wear through garments, eventually, so rather than make the gusset into an S shape, I turned it like a C and continued the binding right around. The back was double thickness, the binding went in through the backs and the edge of the gusset was between them. The binding came out through the gusset.

The bag is long gone, but it lasted for many years and had no sharp edge.

I found being able to continue the binding all the way round was rather pleasing.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**Mike S** · 15th January 15, 10:59 AM

Hi Anne,

I understand how you designed the rear attachment of the gusset, and have sketched a depiction of how I perceive it below:

However I'm not sure that I understand the manner in which you are saying that you attached the gusset to the front panel. Could you elaborate?

**Pleater** · 15th January 15, 01:54 PM

You need to mentally unstitch the parts, then pull the gusset out so that the holes in it are visible at the edge of the back, and probably shift the pieces slightly - or as this is a mental exercise, move the holes in the gusset to be in between the ones on the back. When the spiral binding around the edge of the flap reaches the point where the gusset becomes involved there is a double stitch to secure the edges well, then the spiral binding continues, going through only the two layers of the back and then the single layer of the gusset right around the bag.

The spiral binding encloses the edge of the leather and keeps it from damaging the clothing it impacts upon. It also creates a smooth curve at the join of the two pieces which I found more aesthetically pleasing than a flat seam.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**Mike S** · 15th January 15, 05:24 PM

Cheers Anne. I guess there is validation in the saying "a picture paints a thousand words"

**Theyoungkiltman** · 16th January 15, 08:05 PM

Very nice. I am not German (unless you count German celts who inhabited England) but i am also very critical of my work, so i know how you feel. It takes lots of time and work to finally get your pattern right as well. It took me around 20 patterns and 6 months to finally get mine right.