<HTML>In a message dated 7/16/02 10:09:42 PM Central Daylight Time, jonpage@attbi.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">If you insist on using bushing cloth, cut one end into a point and harden it with epoxy or CA glue. But a better material to bolster is rug yarn because it tapers out better under the buckskin; cloth just makes an abrupt end. Rug yarn is also easier to thread through the needle than cloth and does not stretch out the buckskin as much. </BLOCKQUOTE> Be sure the yarn is pure wool. Nylon will not work. It flattens out, and will not meld into the wool core, like wool will. As far as a needle, go to a hobby store to get a large needle for making rugs. Wim </HTML>