{"id":70052,"date":"2026-03-12T07:13:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=70052"},"modified":"2026-03-10T17:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T00:23:05","slug":"my-enigma-rivets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/my-enigma-rivets\/","title":{"rendered":"My Enigma Rivets"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bone<\/a>
Bone Enigma side panels – pre-assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When I sewed the Bone Enigma<\/a> I followed the directions exactly with regard to rivets. The directions<\/a> say to add rivets before assembly. The rivets can go anywhere, but I wanted to put them on the ends of the handle, just to reinforce it. It is at the stage of assembly shown in the photo where the directions say to add rivets.<\/p>\n

\"Peony<\/a>
Peony Enigma with rivets – full<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is great except for Enigma bags already completed. I decided I wanted rivets on my Enigma bag<\/a>. The bag is already complete, so I consulted with Mary and we decided it could be done.  We had to squish the top a little, but the overall procedure worked and my bag now has rivets on the handle.<\/p>\n

\"Peony<\/a>
Peony Enigma with rivets – detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I wanted silver, but Mary thought a gunmetal finish would look better. I am pleased not to worry about ripping out the handle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I sewed the Bone Enigma I followed the directions exactly with regard to rivets. The directions say to add rivets before assembly. The rivets can go anywhere, but I wanted to put them on the ends of the handle, just to reinforce it. It is at the stage of assembly shown in the photo … Continue reading “My Enigma Rivets”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[540,493,488,255,544],"class_list":["post-70052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-enigma","tag-minikins-patterns","tag-pouch","tag-project-bag","tag-sew-sweetness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70084,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70052\/revisions\/70084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}