tomstas

Hello, I also like acces to the adult section.. thank you

I made a few myself. For me 1.8 mm (sorry I'm from Belgium) worked the best. Only one problem. I looked the origninal maker up on google and he also is guy from Belgium called Alain Berteau . I decided not to make or promote any more of them. He lives maybe 50 km from my home and I feel bad just taking his design and make money out his work. He is actually a great designer who won an award 2006 as DESIGNER OF THE YEAR. He has is own collection Objekten but he worked for companies like BULO.

ouch, that's a nasty stain :-) been there ,done that.. I usually paint outside on a small table on my lawn . Inside I use a cheap shallow box to put all my bottles of dye's etc. in.

I didn't use glue 'cause it's always a mess in my case. I just use an Iron tool with 5 teeth on it (sorry don't know what is called) . If you used it 20 times on your big piece, than you have to reapeat that amount on your gusset. You check if your correct by placing them next to eachother. after that you mark your first gusset hole and first hole of your big piece with a needle and a cork or something else that keeps them together. You begin to backstitch 3 holes further and when you come to the first hole you remove the needle with cork

making small things is actually a cheap way of practicing your technique and people always like those cute small things. I gave this to my son's teacher at the end of the schoolyear. She almost cried when he gave it to her. Small things also make you do your work more detailed which benefits in your bigger projects to.

thank you for liking it, that means a lot to me. I'm glad I'm not the only one who struggles from time to time. I'm just glad that there is progress in each new piece I make. Btw, I still think yours stands out more because of two-tone . That is what caught my eye.. you don't have to send me your design(it's appreciated) as I,m more confident now myself and want to keep making unique stuff that comes from my own mind rather than copying other people's work. It gives me a better feeling when it's finished p.s. I also found a second pictureof the bag which shows the rivets. Hope to see more from your stuff as well. Keep up to good work

hi Monica, it took some math and carefull measuring to start from the back but it worked out fine. it was also first time I took my time to make this bag. People say I am always running instead of walking. I try to calm down on my latest projects and that really shows at the end. I'm uploading the picture of the first messenger bar . I had no experience in leatherworking . I only did a little piece of carving . My teacher and I come up with the idea of doing some oldschool bag made out of one piece. One day i came on this site and found your bag and I really liked it. I didn't wan't to steal your idea so I've put some of my own ideas in it. But I've to admit that the pinstriping is almost the same as yours, hope you take this as a compliment of your work. The side are kept together using copper rivets, turned the other way , I had to fit a small anvil in the bag using some wood to get the desired hight

Here is my bag , i have another messenger which is based on monica's messenger bag(the one with the pinstriping ). I really like the things she makes so you can call me a fan

Hello , I'm Tom from Belgium and I've been visiting this forum for over a year but never posted much, I'm learning so i mostly read everything on here. This week I've made myself a messenger bag using the same stitching method as in this topic. I must say that it was time-consuming but not as difficult as I thought it would be. The way I did it was starting with the left backside and stitched all the way down,then I stopped and left the thread with the needles in and then I did the same thing on the right backside with a second pair of needles and a new thread. After this was finished I did the bottom left and then the bottom right, continuing with the same thread. The last step was the front ,again first the left and then the right side. I used a stitching pony for the backsides and after that I found it easier to go on without the stiching pony. I layed the bag on my table. I also have a adler old patcher (30-1 i think) with a lang arm and this sewing machine is ideal for this kind of stitching but it's needs consisting turning on the wheel to become a nice stitchin patron. I need to practice that... That's all for now, maybe I'll start posting more from now on. greetings from belgium

I'm not gonna buy the 138 after all ,although it's a steal... I just don't have the place to store it ,I plan on buying thedurkopp adler somewhere next week and 2 machines is just not going to work here. We will visit the place who sells the adler with our class, The person there told me i could get a discount if I buy it during our visit and take it home myself Our house is rather small and already overstuffed; Want to keep the missus happy to. that s why I'll stick with buying only one for now constabulary, if you want to contact the girls who sells the 138, I can give you the link from her add. Maybe she will be happy o send you the bulb.

If I can buyt the 138 I will send you the lightbulb. But 3 or 4 people have shown interest in the machine so it might be sold already.

I asked the girl who Sells it. She claims it has à motor on it .haven,t seen it for myself.my first thought was also raturen without motor. I try to contact her tomorrow. I am only wordend i wont have the place for two sewing machines but i realy thinking it is à god deal and it looks old and kind of cool in its own wat Damn i hate iPads for typing ........'-)

So i've decided what I'm going to do. First of all I'm going to buy the pfaff 138 if it is still availble . Next thing I'll do is buy the 267 new from one of the ofiicial sellers (very soon I hope) . It's gonna cost me more but then I am sure i get a good quality machine and very good service and 2 year warrenty, transportation and installation at home and good advice during the setup. Also it will come with some extra and the setup will be as I want it to be,

Tried the 195 today. It was the only useable for me .the others were no triple transport. Although it is à post machine the Guy had made An add-on metal pièce so it can be easily transformed into flatbed. I USed the machine and it works fine. It looks USed ,this is normal. But I have seen beter one's for beter money to I thinking. He's asking 1300, the 500 was for the lighter types of machines(120,...) I was thinking he world be asking les, his add was Kinda misleiding. I,m not saying he's not honest. His add was just not written wel which is confusing in case of multiple machines. I'm thinking for this kind of money i buy à NOS daler 267,including service,warrenty,installaties and advies

thanks, I looked at some pictures and indeed most of the machines have posts. I was already thinking about the fact if I could change them to flatbed but that would probably cost me some big €€. I will take my fabric with me for sure, He already told me by e-mail that he had problably only 1 suitable for me , guess it's the 195 as you mentioned. So many choices ,so little time.... Seems there is always some small thing that keeps me from buying one. still didn't find the ideal combination... I've als looked at an adler 767 but can't seem to contact the person. It's on sale for over 18 months and is a little bit over budget...sigh...