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Step 8The Nosepiece
Take one of the leather cutouts you saved and cut out a strip for the nosepiece. You may need to adjust the length later to improve the fit, so that's why you saved both cutouts. Punch holes on both ends of the strip to attach it to the eyepieces.
Measure out an arm's length of thread and thread it onto your needle. Then tie a very large knot at the end of the thread so it won't go through the hole in the leather. Line up your eyepieces face down and run your thread through one of the holes on the outside of the leather piece slightly above half-way. Now run the needle through the bottom of the nosepiece, and back up through the hole in the leather just above where you started. Continue feeding the needle up through the back of the nosepiece and into the holes in the eyepiece, alternating holes every time. Make sure to pull it tight!
When you have about two inches of thread left, you should probably tie it up. Run the thread to back side, the through the next two holes of the leather. Loop back through those two holes again, and then through the loop in the thread you just created. Pull it tight, then tie a bunch of knots in it. I used several square knots. The pictures help a lot for this part.
Cut of the tails, and you're done! Now repeat for the other side of the nosepiece. If the nosepiece is too large or small, then you may have to either cut the existing one shorter and restitch one side, or cut a new nosepiece from the second cutout and stitch that on.
Measure out an arm's length of thread and thread it onto your needle. Then tie a very large knot at the end of the thread so it won't go through the hole in the leather. Line up your eyepieces face down and run your thread through one of the holes on the outside of the leather piece slightly above half-way. Now run the needle through the bottom of the nosepiece, and back up through the hole in the leather just above where you started. Continue feeding the needle up through the back of the nosepiece and into the holes in the eyepiece, alternating holes every time. Make sure to pull it tight!
When you have about two inches of thread left, you should probably tie it up. Run the thread to back side, the through the next two holes of the leather. Loop back through those two holes again, and then through the loop in the thread you just created. Pull it tight, then tie a bunch of knots in it. I used several square knots. The pictures help a lot for this part.
Cut of the tails, and you're done! Now repeat for the other side of the nosepiece. If the nosepiece is too large or small, then you may have to either cut the existing one shorter and restitch one side, or cut a new nosepiece from the second cutout and stitch that on.
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