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    12 hours ago, TheCyberwolfe said:

    Al Stohlman's "The Art of Making Leather Cases Vol. 2" has a pattern with similar welts, it's a bowling ball case. Page 87 is where the stuff specific to the welts starts.

    His method is to end the dart with a punched hole, and fill it in with a fat welt.

    Ahhh... I only own vol. 1. I tried something similar but tried to sew the welt under the apex of the dart. I like your recommendation better. I'll try that and post pix of the results.

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    I have searched to find an answer for this to no avail. I need to sew a welt into an odd shaped sort of pattern(see picture). I believe they call this a dart in the sewing community. My question is how to make the welt end so it looks good at the point where the leather makes the "V" at the centerline?

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    First picture is main workbench. The silver tape covered wooden box in background is  giant latex foam oven. The door beyond marked "Adults Only" goes into a single car garage for a second shop.

    Second picture is reverse of first pic showing a different set of silver taped wooden boxes on the left. These are ferment boxes for making mead. Thats a chocolate mead on hydraulic cart.

    Third picture is second shop, messy bench but tool rich, hand painted stone work walls.

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    I make a more simple type of leather corset. I use 12-14 oz. and sometimes even latigo as the panel material and a great substitute for the boning you would find in cloth corsets. So the panels are just edge sewn together and give the corset the wrap around bend it needs. Maybe easier to show a pic or two...

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    On 1/17/2012 at 3:22 PM, Bob Blea said:

     In the Stohlman book he recommends grooving a line back from the edge that is same distance from the edge as the thickness of two leathers. In his example the thickness of the two leathers combined is 3/16 so the grooved line is 3/16 from the edge. I've just done this on a card case I'm making and it seems a little too far in, but it's working and not buckling.

    Bob

    I too, own the book and it does refer to page 7 step "C" (where it says thickness of both leathers) in the instruction for sewing a miter. This won't work well as this step was intended for sistering two pieces together.  Also on the same page for sewing a miter he clearly shows the distance of sewing channel in relation to the miter. Just inside the short point on the flesh side of leather.

    Remember to tap down stitches with a smoothed face finish hammer while blocked. Hope this clears up any miscues...

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    I've only been doing leather work for about a year. I started with a truck bed full of remnants reclaimed from post commercial waste. I cut 100's upon 100's of lamellae and made some armor cuirasses including one for my grand nephew of about one year old made from the remnants from punched out leather washers. I discovered I had a knack for making all sorts of leather items. I sell weapons at Renaissance fairs and now I make armor, corsets and bodices, among other historical items, for the beautiful people who attend such events. And maybe a couple not so beautiful...

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