Get a leather punch http://www.amazon.com/SE-7924LP-Heavy-Duty-Leather-Punch/dp/B000NK5VY2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1443052660&sr=8-1&keywords=leather+punch to punch your holes and a snap set http://www.amazon.com/47-Piece-Canvas-Fastener-Kit/dp/B007PKCZJW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1443052841&sr=8-4&keywords=marine+snap+set. that you use a hammer with the little cheap one use the snap cap but then use the longer stem it is the one for the male part of the snap as it is longer and use the anvil and punch and whack it a couple times.