47: Rapid Rivets (A purse fixing tutorial)

Today I accomplished a great feat. I finally fixed one of my favorite broken-strapped purses that came apart eons ago. It was surprisingly easy. I kind of wish I had done it earlier. Thank God I saved the parts that broke as I had no clue what size rivets I needed. Please note that this is a reenactment of the actual process. I didn't actual think it would work so I didn't take photos as I was doing it.

Fixing Purse Rivets

What you need:
Rapid Rivets kit (about $10 at Hobby Lobby)

"o" shaped rivet end

Anvil

Button rivet end 

1. First select your size of rivet. Rivets (FYI) are those little button-like contraptions that magically hold your bag straps in place when you put too much junk in your purse. :P Like I said earlier I wasn't sure the size I needed so I measured the old one that broke. If you don't have this luxury choose a rivet that is just long enough see coming out of the hole on the outer side of your purse. Fortunately, if you buy the rapid rivets kit it comes with small, medium and large rivets to play around with.

2. Place the "o" shaped rivet end on the inside of your purse and feed through the hole. Holding it in place, grab your anvil and place it directly underneath the rivet.

Place anvil directly under fed rivet end

3. Make sure the "o" rivet end rests on the anvil. Make sure it is still fed through the purse.

Normally rivet end would be fed through the hole. 

4. Now place the button-like rivet end on the outside of the purse. press it on to the purse.

5. Place setter on top of outer rivet. Hammer until you see fit. In my case like 50 million times. Be careful not to hammer too fast. That might result in an owie.
Viola! Your purse is good to go! :)

Don't be afraid to put some force into it! Just be careful.

Testing my actual replaced rivets. You shouldn't be able to see the middle of the rivet if done correctly. 

My end result. :)

My beautiful re-vamped purse.

Yes, I'm aware it's not a real Coach purse but " frankly, I don't give a damn". I had to take a picture of the inside. It's the reason I restored this purse instead of throwing it away.