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Thanks Tugadude, I'm using a piece of soft wood with leather on top so I don't damage the chisel so i suppose that could very well have caused a wobblen (brand new seiwa, so I can't blame the chisel). I'll pay attention to that in the future, and I suppose it's not impossible that I slipped up with the needle priority either! Thanks both for your feedback!

Hello everyone, Looking for a new hobby I recently started working with leather. I bought a piece of finished leather to play around with and decided to make a small bag that centralises keys, pens, etc, all the small stuff that a girl continually looses in her huge handbag! In retrospect it would probably have been better to start with veg tan (impossible to burnish this one, but I had no idea what I was buying, it just felt nice) but it's been a good learning curve nevertheless. I'm happy with the cuts and pretty pleased with the stitching on the front which is quite straight, but the stitching on the back came out disappointingly crooked. I glued the edges together before stitching so I'm assuming I didn't do a good job at keeping the stitching fork straight (even though I paid particular attention to it, or so I thought). Anybody have any other ideas what I did wrong? I also made a matching cat key cover which is kinda cute Any feedback to improve my skills are welcome. I am going to use kote to finish the edges (waiting for the delivery) and will probably shorten the straps and add a press stud. Thanks in advance!