Best way to line bag?

[Nathan Ripley]

I've noticed some bags lined with ticking here and on the web. What is the best way to do this? Do you glue the fabric to the leather and then sew or sew a bag to put in the pouch if that makes sense. I have some light weight leather and would like to make a lined pouch.

 

[bob1961]

i used a spray glue to glue it to the leather first, then cut and sewn together :v .........bob

 

[laffingman67]

Bob, If I may ask, what are you using for thread. I use waxed linen from the tack store, but they no longer carry it. :cursing: I guess I should have bought it all! :haha: That looks like it may make a good replacement.

 

[rabjr]

If your not worried about being "PC", I found double sided carpet tape around the edges to work great for me. Just enough to hold the ticking in place for stitching. :thumbsup:

 

I use waxed linen from the tack store, but they no longer carry it.

click this link for Linen Thread Source....
The four cord makes a good all around thread for most gear.....a 1 lb spool of 4 cord gives you about 1350 yards and at $23.00 that is a GOOD price

 

[laffingman67]

Thank you very much, Chuck! I have been looking for a supply place for thread. :thumbsup:

 

[crockett]

Muzzle Blasts had a good article about making a cloth lined hunting pouch about a year ago- call them and they'll find the exact issue.

If you want to be PC- baste the cloth over the corresponding leather pieces. Basting is a temporary running stitch- just to hold everything together. The basting is removed as you sew the pieces permanently together.

If you aren't that concerned on the PC, then use ruber cement to attach the cloth to it's corresponding leather section. The rubber cement provides a small level of waterproofing and it also binds the two materials together to create a laminate that is stronger than the two separate pieces.

After the cloth is glued to the leather section, all the parts are sewn together.

When you glue the two materials you can use a very thin leather.

 

[crockett]

And... on the thread. You want a finer linen thread than that sold by Tandy for heavy leather. The Tandy comes in five wraps and you can pull them apart to get a finer thread. You could also use carpet thread which is sufficiently strong.

 

[Elnathan]

You can also double up lighter thread by twisting a length very tight, folding the twisted thread by holding it in the middle and placing the two ends together while maintaining the tautness, and releasing the folded end. The thread will wrap around itself as it unwinds. Then run over it with some beeswax.

 

[Andy Mueller]

here's some cheap PC ways of doing it. First, you can use kite string to sew bags. I use it for everything because its 100% cotton, cheap, and easy to find.
Another thing, use elmer's glue to tack down the fabric if you don't want to go with a running stich. They had horses and cows and the rest of the ingredients for the glue back then also- its really only a cleaner version of hide glue so it will be ok. If people don't think that'll past muster, then use it sparingly(you should anyways because sewing through that glue is a pain in the keister) and when you're done sewing it, give it a rinse. Elmer's glue is water soluble so it will wash right out.
Lastly, I don't claim to know much about white-made hunting bags, but I know that indian pouches (when lined) used an array of fabrics, some even being unmatched scraps that were pieced together. If you have any period correct fabric that might be a route to take. Unless you're going for a bag that was made by a company of some sort.
Hope this helps and as with all stuff, take it with salt.

Scouter

 

[Thomas Dermako]

Not PC, but my GF tells me there is such a thin as fusible webbing (I think it's called) that you cut into thin strips and hot iron it between the 2 pieces you want to join. Not messy, almost invisible and doesn't interfere w/stitching. :thumbsup:

 

[Andy Mueller]

Yhea I've used that on a Halloween costume once. I think it was called no-stitch seam or something like that. It wasn't too hard to use as long as you let it cool(I was even impatient enough that I couldn't wait for the glue to dry on the seam that would have taken too long to sew!) But hey you could always add a half an inch or so, glue that, sew and then cut off the glued part so its just the stitches left.? I guess some would say its not PC but I look at the finished product and really don't care how I go about making it.
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[Greg Weeks]

I simply make a bag from a lineing material ( pillow ticking etc. ) and then use that as a pattern for the leather bag. The leather bag is made just a hair larger than the liner, and both will fit snuggly into eachother. The opening and flap are usualy folder over and sewn together, which seals the two pieces together.

 

[Andy Mueller]

That sounds pretty easy. Personally, I never bother with measuring and sewing my liners in with the bag at all. I like to hide all of the back sides of my seams so I sew two bags, one with the outside and one with the inside, where both of the backsides of the seams are facing each other. After that's done, I just sew the edges of the two together and cover that up with a trim of some sort. But hey if someone doesn't want to sew two bags just to get one I think your way this the way to go! Simple and gets the job done!
Scouter

 

[jasontn]

i use water soluable elmers glue. i glue the edges of the leather to the material, then glue the leather together, punch and sew. after its sewn and turned i wet the seams with warm water to rinse off the glue,

 

[Andy Mueller]

Yhea that seems to work really well, and no one can tell that you did it! I love those tricks!
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