This is what I did on my 1/3 Pup.
The eyelets were installed using a small eyelet tool that my wife has for her crafts. It works great. I first bonded together two pieces of coverall and made the strips to length. I marked off 1/2 in intervals and inserted all the eyelets. Once completed I then doped the length of eyelets to the airframe. I stagered the two rows to get the offset needed. Took some time to do all the eyelets but the end result is well worth the time spent. Then I laced it up with some nylon thread and it was doped with the colours that I was using. I have attached some pictures of what it looked like when I first did it, then as I painted, then after it was painted. Took a bit of work and it sure is worth the work.

Craig