Hi everyone!
I have been teaching myself leather craft and I hand make my own bags under my brand Black.Rose.Die. Up until now I have been stitching, binding and lacing them all myself and while I love making bags using this traditional methods, it is sadly not economically viable. I need to make my production faster and lower my costs and that means getting a sewing machine. The problem I have is I have noooo idea what type of machine I need to get. I want a good all rounder that will sew a variety of weights of leather but maybe on with a cylinder arm so I can get into all those awkward places and do top stitching etc. I am wondering if you have any suggestions for the type of machine I should look for. I was told an Singer K 29 would meet my needs but someone else told me that is used for patching shoes and what I need is a flat bed or cylinder arm machine. Arghhh so stressful as I need to find something second hand and I need it fast as I am losing out on potential clients etc with such slow production. I am also located in New Zealand which puts some limits on sourcing a machine. You can see the type of things I have been making on my blog here but I really want a machine that will allow me to work with a range of weights.
Any help would be really really really appreciated as I am tearing my hair out right now!
Thanks,
Kimberley
P.S I am sorry I have put this in the wrong thread. I see there is a specific thread for sewing machines...I can't seem to figure out how to delete or move this to the appropriate place. Sorry!