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May be due to the knots being thicker than the leather, so can't be hidden in the leather. This table might be of help for you too.

If you get too close to the edge, sometimes the needle slips through the edge. I'd have to practice a lot to avoid that. Another option is to lace the edges with a double loop pattern. It hides the edges really nicely, and I don't have to slick the edges. Even though I have a machine capable of sewing leather now versus years ago, some of my work is still laced, especially when customers see how it looks. You can do even fancier lacing than the double loop. It does take a lot longer to build. And it fits with doing tooling.

Edge paint doesn't add any strength to the edge. Use thicker firmer leather for the outside, and thinner leather on the inside. Then the outside won't have a wrinkling when opening towards flat. If you can use a leather that is more stretchy for the inside, that will help absorb the wrinkles and stretches. I also think that stitching the edges of the flap make it look more finished than not. Helps blend in with stitching on the gussets. Personally, I don't like to see stitched edges transition to none. Doesn't look finished, looks like a short cut to get finished faster with less work.

Mark where you want the beginning and end stitches to be. Plus a couple more holes for the end. At the end start adjusting the stitches to to match the marks, a little closer to each mark as you approach the end. Not one big correction. You can use the reverse lever on many machines to shorten the stitch length a little to gradually line up with your marks.

Glue the liner in place while folded to near the closed position. Then there is not so much to bunch up, the flap wants to close on its own, and when opening all the way, the liner has to stretch some. Results in a permanent curve in the flap. If you use really thin leather for the liner, the life of the purse will be reduced due to accidents and abrasion putting things in and taking them out. I used to use what was called skiver leather that is paper thin. It's okay for wallet liners when you have a hidden pocket for bills. Never used it on purses. Cut the tails several inches long and back stitch using saddle stitch method manually. If you use leather point needles, they shear the thread when back stitching. So nicer, cleaner job finishing the ends off manually.

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To anywhere in the world? Europe, Australia, South America?

You could provide a link to the FB Marketplace ad so those that might be interested don't have to waste time searching for it. It doesn't really qualify to be in our marketplace, but I will leave it up for a while.

I merged this post back into your existing thread. There is no need to start a new thread with the same question. All it does is cause more clutter on the forum. If you continue to behave like this, you will be put under moderation. All your posts would then require moderator's approval before they can be seen by members.

I moved your post to Leather Sewing Machines. This is where the machine guys hang out.

Are you saying it lifts the presser foot on the way up? Or that it stalls the machine (motor runs but doesn't move the needle bar)? If it lifts the presser foot, you need to increase the spring pressure to keep the leather from lifting the foot. If the motor runs, but needle doesn't move, take a look at this video at about the 2 minute mark. Need to tighten the locking nut. Clarify - leather thickness? Use 135-16 leather point needles for veg tan and thick leathers.

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Jim Linnell has some different styles available here.

There was another recent post about thin materials and thick thread that made the point, the material has to be thick enough to be able to properly bury the knot. So vice-versa, the thread needs to be thin enough ... It is very hard to adjust the tension with a single thin layer of material, and thread that is more than half the thickness of the material. For test runs, use a stack of material the same as the material and same thickness as you are going to sew. And your thread has to be thin enough to be able to hide the knot.