Topstitch Seaming

[the deacon]

Hi all

I have a Juki DNU-1541 and a singer 211 U567B both walking feet machines. I want to do a leather canvas bag that has the double stitch overlap seam where leather meets canvas. Like image inclosed.

Any thoughts on good feet to accomplish this?

Also any tips on how leather purse handles are constructed?

Thanks for the help

[pstaylor]

I saw a video on Youtube this morning from the Alfred Dunhill Company showing one of their masters making a brief. Look for that and It will show you the handle being made, but look quick and get ready to pause. You'll see what I mean when you see it.

Good luck!

PT

[the deacon]

Thanks PT I'll take a look.

Anyone have thoughts on the edge stitching?

best

[Andrew Chee]

Any of your feet can accomplish this. It's sewing the straight line that's the question. If you have a suspending guide on your machine then you can just adjust it so it rides a little higher over the canvas and feed the canvas under the guide. If you don't have a guide, then use a scratch awl and a ruler to draw the line where you want the stitch to go and follow the line by eye. A bit more error prone but not that bad if you pay attention and go slow.

As for the handle, I can't see the one in the picture too well. It looks like it's just a piece of leather folded over and sewn. That should be pretty easy to do. I have a 441 type machine and what I do is I get some 1/8" or 1/4" rope (depending on how thick I want the handle to be) and glue the leather around the rope. I leave extra leather so the presser feet have something to grab on to. Then I put on the holster plate on the machine so it can sew right up to the edge of the rope. After that, I cut off the excess leather and finish the edge. You can hand sew the handles and it would be similar except you hand sew instead of using a machine.

Andrew

[the deacon]

andrew

thanks for the post.

Right, it's getting that stitch straight. I've read about a compensating foot guide, though can't tell if it will work well for my application.

I did a google search and think the suspending guide looks like a good system too. Are they designed to be used across different machine makers? Or do I need to get one specific to either the juki or singer?

that's exactly how i'm imagining the handle. Leather wrapped around cording, I just couldn't figure out how to get the stitch right up to the rope, thanks for the tip about the holster plate I'll look into it. can those be used in flat bed machines and does it also come with a foot that can get the needle up close to the rope?