The leather “lips” for the seat on the stool in “Campaign Furniture” have stymied a few readers. Their exact shape isn’t critical, but I should have provided a gridded diagram to make things easier.
Reader Glenn Frazee has made it super-easy to cut out your leather lips. He generated the following full-size pattern in pdf format for you to download. Simply print it out (with no scaling) and use it to make a wooden template for your lips.
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Thanks Glenn!
I also have some interesting hardware options for the stool to share with you in the coming weeks. Think: “blacksmith-made tri-bolt” and “hidden nuts.”
— Christopher Schwarz
I can’t wait 🙂
When sewing the lips mark but do not pre-punch holes. Start in middle and punch as you go. This is slower than pre-punching but with the shape it ensures the pattern will be secured with no extra penetrations if only sewing the “lips” and not sewing around the entire perimeter.