I didn't secure them, other than on the guards--the shape of the leaf prevents it from wanting to slide off. It'd take some doing (like, tug-of-war style) to get the leaf off the staves. If you had a particularly slippery fabric for your leaf, maybe you'd want to poke some holes in the staves and tack them or run a thread through, but for these, they feel sturdy enough with just the ends secured.
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Date: 2008-03-04 07:58 pm (UTC)