Have made one of these before I saw this one and didnt use record for the base I used leather look vinyl ...A record will be better... Thanks for the tip... Have seen these for sale in Sydney markets fetching $80 each....
To Claire: I did drill holes along the bottom edge of the piece!
To FancyKid: A tip for the drilling, I did put a little piece of wood underneath the record to make it smoother and you do have to go slowly so that it does not break. I broke mine a couple of times as well.
i got a bit sidetracked making this, but i'm back on track!! Did you drill holes all around the edge of the bottom piece? couldn't see it on photo, but i presume to get the sides to stay put they'll need some there too.
thanks so much! i have another question. lol. the drilling BROKE my record! ( so is there another idea or a tip you could give? like did you have ANY problem with drilling?
Sure! I drilled 2 holes in one side of the record so that I could stitch a leather strip to the record. Then, I stitched one side of a snap to the opposite end of the leather. Then I drilled 2 holes to stitch the opposite end of that snap to the purse so that I could connect the 2 ends of the snap! Hope that helps!
well, I'm inspired! great work! I think when I make mine, to solve the "sturdy" problem, I am gonna glue the albums onto some cardboard first. Nobody is gonna see the inside of the records anyways because of the lining. Now all I need is to get my hands on a drill....
To Tessel D.: I am pretty clumsy too! The record purse is holding up pretty well, I have taken it to a party and a concert so far and it has not snapped. I think it is more flexible than I made it sound in the tutorial.
To Savalou: I will update the step with your question too, I should have been more thorough! I stitched the t shirt through the holes that I had already drilled into the record. I had contemplated gluing the t-shirt to the record but I wanted something really sturdy.
Great tutorial, I've been wanting to do this for ages! But I'm a little bit confused... where do you stitch the sides of the bag (the t-shirt bit) to, through the holes you drilled or just straight through the record?
this is brilliant, stacie, thanks so much for the how-to, i've been meaning to figure out how to do this myself recently ( 3 albums for £1 at a local charity shop!! ) but have other stuff waiting to be finished...will definitely be making one in the very near future! ^_^
To FancyKid: A tip for the drilling, I did put a little piece of wood underneath the record to make it smoother and you do have to go slowly so that it does not break. I broke mine a couple of times as well.
Hope this helps, guys!
i think it's really awesome!
just have to find some records which aren't so good as the beatles and stuff (:
thanks for the great idea!
i want one too :3
To Tessel D.: I am pretty clumsy too! The record purse is holding up pretty well, I have taken it to a party and a concert so far and it has not snapped. I think it is more flexible than I made it sound in the tutorial.
To Savalou: I will update the step with your question too, I should have been more thorough! I stitched the t shirt through the holes that I had already drilled into the record. I had contemplated gluing the t-shirt to the record but I wanted something really sturdy.