Canvas Camping Chair

Step 6 Strapping.

Now it is time to combine your strapping with the canvas strips that you cut out.

Fold the canvas strips in half evenly so that the backside of the fabric is facing outwards. You should now have a 1 1/4" flat edge on one of the sides. First, stick your long nylon straps between this edge so that only about 1/2 and inch sticks out visibly at the end (the rest should be inside the fold and drop out the other end). Pin everything in place and then sew along the diagonal and the 1 1/4" edge where the folded edges meet. Once you have sewn it, throw your sewing machine in reverse and go back over the seam.

Take the smaller length of nylon connected to the nylon strap adjuster and sew to squares with "X" shapes in them, one next to another. This will help in holding both sides of the straps together.

Afterwards, do the same thing you did with the fabric a moment ago for the longer straps. The big difference is that the strap adjusters shouldn't be long enough to poke out the bottom (see secondary image). Make sure that you sew them almost identically except for one adjuster being face up and one being face down. You need to do this so that the adjusters are on the outside on both sides of the chair.