costume making time is here again...

[burntcopper]

Does anyone know where to get rivets? I'm making a leather skirt, which is basically a belt with overlapping strips hanging from it. (think gladiator/roman legionnary) Reckoned it would be easier to rivet it together rather than sew.

Of course, when I went into John Lewis, which *is* the god of habadashery supplies, there were plenty of eyelets, fasteners and so on, but no rivets. Looked on the Prym website, which is frankly shite - shows a tiny selection of their goods, no prices, and I can't see how to buy anything. The corset making websites only have eyelets. I need rivets. Even the type you use for jeans would be good. So, um, help? advice? have I been looking at the fasteners and discarding them by mistake?

:prods her pliers: hmmp. I may need to replace these, a bit of the plastic fit piece appears to have broken.

Comments

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Posssibly they might have rivets in Jackson's sewing department? Or that fabric shop next the crappy comic shop next to the wedding dress shop (yes, can't remember the name of the street!) down the side of Primark. John Lewis haberdashery has seemed to reduce in size recently, but I know I bought rivets there a year or two ago.

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

Fabricland's the shop you're thinking of. Unfortunately, though they have fabulous fabric, ribbons and so on, the actual bits and bobs (eyelets and so on) tend to be not so great.

[andromakie.livejournal.com]

Call Cathy, Paul knows where to get stuff like that.

[miniosiris.livejournal.com]

Try Le Prevo leather (www.leprevo.co.uk) You can't buy on line but the full catalogue is on line so you can choose what you want to order then phone it through.

[the-oscar-cat.livejournal.com]

you could try http://www.macculloch-wallis.co.uk - BIG haberdashers on dering street, london (near bond street tube)

their phone no is: 020 7629 0311

[burntcopper.livejournal.com]

ooo, thankyou! Shall hopefully check on saturday.