For an Old Car

Every now and then something different comes along - this time I was asked to make straps that would hold down the canopy of an old 1910 car - tension straps to make sure that canopy would be tight.

The request was easy enough, but the catch was that the snaps and buckles had to be sewn onto the straps (straps folded over and hand-sewn).



To meassure them, cut them, round the edges, thin them on the foldovers, stitch them by hand and dye the edges, took nine hours of straight non-stop work.

To make the other few pieces shown below, took another two hours....

Not too bad, except that I had less than 17 hours from the time I received the hardware until the time they had to be delivered - and I wanted to fit a night's sleep and some eating in there as well....