Attaching Fur to Sporrans during or after main construction

[benjrush]

Hi, I am new to the forum but have been lurking for a while admiring other people projects. I started off by making a wet formed day sporran and used a mexican round braid to attach the front to the back, It came out pretty well and has spurred me on to make a formal sporran.

I have started by making 2 hinged cantles from brass and have nickel plated one of them (so I can change them to suit the occasion). I know the basic anatomy of a sporran and will be making a front and a back piece that will be laced to the cantles. I will be sewing the front piece to a gusset and then in turn stitching that to the back piece. The bit that I am in need of help with is the fur covering (fluffy rabbit). I have seen many sporrans with what looks like the fur covering the gussets as well but no-one seems to take photos of the side profile so I cant tell whether this is indeed the case or whether it is just the volume of the fur hiding the gusset from the front.

Any tips on how to get the fur attached (during or after the main construction) would be greatly appreciated.

attached is a photo of the brass cantle just before finishing and plating and one of the wet formed sporran.

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Thanks
Ben