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Set of 2 x Heart shaped strap anchors in brushed / matt silver.
These strap anchors create a beautiful feature to your bags. The metal finish is very smooth to the touch.
The strap anchor is held together with 2 screws. The strap anchors measure 2.5cm across at both the widest part of the heart and the outside of the base of the D ring. Inside of the D Ring measures approx. 1.8cm.
To install them:
Undo the screws from the back (be sure to keep them safe!) and you will have two parts – we will call them the front and back. The front being the small heart and the back being the part with the D ring attachment.
There are two ways to insert and use these on your bag.
A: Have the strap anchors sit with the D ring above your project so that the bottom of the D ring section is above the edge of the bag.B: Create a hole for the bottom of the D ring section so that it can sit through to the top of the bag, along with the heart.
A: You will only need to cut the two holes for the screws. You will have the back part of the anchor seen on the inside of the bag and can add them at the very end of creating the bag.
Carefully place the back of the strap anchor on the inside of the bag and mark the holes before cutting through all the layers of the bag. (Be sure to keep all layers aligned while you do this!).
Note: Ideally you would slip a small piece of decovil (with the holes for the screws also cut out) in between the layers – if the turning hole is left open for example. This will help add support for the strap anchor.
Adding fray check to the hole at this point is a good idea if you are using a fraying fabric like cotton.
Then redo the screws to keep the two parts together. Adding a little E-6000 glue to the screw hole before doing up the screw is also good to keep it locked together.
B: For this technique you need to create the holes for the screws as well as the hole of the bottom of the d ring. The back of the strap anchor will be in between the lining and outer fabric for this technique.
For the hole at the bottom of the d ring, you will want to do a facing technique to create a hole. If you want to see what that looks like you can watch this reel for how I do this. Effectively you are doing a similar method to creating a faced zipper pocket.
Once you have this hole created, place the back so that the bottom of the D ring is through this hole and then mark in the screw holes, before cutting the holes out of the outer layer.
Finally, redo the screws to keep the two parts together. Adding a little E-6000 glue to the screw hole before doing up the screw is also good to keep it locked together.
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