Hi Dianne, "Soldering that nylon sounds interesting. The heat causes it to melt and bond with the subsequent layers?" Yes, and if you put a piece of metal underneath you get a nice, neat little hole. The writer proposed the low heat type, you know, the ones that are for electronic work, with the fine point. He also said to put a spring on the end, so that when you lift your iron away from the fabric it doesn't just pop-up, before cooling. I have some memory wire here that I made a spring from, just the right diameter. Really works quite nicely. Of course. the bond won't withstand much pull, but enough for handling. Thanks again for your help, Dianne. I'll probably be calling on you down the road. But for now I have to do a lot of measuring, and then a lot of sewing. I have some, fairly heavy thread here. It'll cut your hand before you can break it. Maybe that's the ticket? It's noticeable heavier than normal thread, but STRONG.
John