This tutorial helps give a cleaner look to the ends of your handles. I also have a video tutorial to go with these instructions, which you can find on my YouTube Channel, mgrahamsews. Attached you will find the PDF, which includes step photos. You can download and save this PDF for future use.
You can use my ‘Strap/Handle Tip Using Grosgrain Ribbon for Cork, Vinyl and Faux Leather’, with this technique, which you can also find on my blog.
1. After you cut, fold and press your handles, open them up so the wrong sides are touching. Pin in place.
2. Make a mark that is 1” over from the folded edge.
3. Sew the top short edge using 1/4” seam allowance, up to the mark you made in Step Two.
4. Cut the Handle on the edge you didn’t sew, on an angle. Trim the other side on an angle, careful not to cut the stitches.
5. Turn the handle right sides out, push out the corner, folding everything back up and press. Pin in place.
6. Repeat Steps 1-5 for the other side of the handle and for both sides of the second handle as well.
7. Topstitch the handles 1/8” along the long and short edges on both handles.
