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Thanks everybody! The advice is much appreciated. I was lacing the liner in as well, so didn't want to use my lacing punch through 4 layers... which is how we ended up with this mess. I'll give the unlacing and re-doing the holes a shot and hopefully it won't look too goofy on the edge with one side higher than the other. Nice seat by the way Chancey! Was planning on getting around to doing my own eventually. Might want some practice on another couple projects first. Thanks!

Great carving work and love the modular design. What type/style of veiner did you use on the leaves?

Hi all, I am pretty new to leatherworking and I made a very rookie mistake lacing up a gun case that's a gift. Aside from some minor placement/ hair errors on the carvings it urns out I forgot to count lacing holes to make them match on both sides. Since I found this out too late I was forced to skip over a couple extra holes to make the zipper line up correctly. Does anyone have any ideas how to get the folds this caused out of the leather? I thought that next I would try to use my mallet to even out the double loop lacing and perhaps stretch and smooth the creased areas out of the leather. I am concerned this will permanently crease the area that is folded if it fails. I have considered trying to re-lace and double stitch through some of the holes on the other side instead but I'm worried it will not stretch the other side out and won't work. Any help you can offer would be incredible. What (else) can I do to prevent this problem in the future and does anyone have any other suggestions to fix the issue? Thanks guys!