Hey Tony,

I suppose you could call the suede I use lacing. I buy it wound on cards in the craft supplies section of a local fabric store. I'm planning on finding a good used clothing store and picking up a ratty old suede jacket for a couple bucks and then cutting my own strips for cheap. A great way to cut them is to bolt a number of utility razor blades together with washers in between for spacing...then you can cut like 10 equal strips at a time.

Henry