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I have several small boxes I would like to cover with tooled leather and turn into a jerellery box. Any suggestions? I assume I should glue the leather on the box then sew the mitered corners. Should I replace the brass hinges with leather hinges? Are there any goog tutorials online? Thanks Adam

thats what I am probably going to do. I just hope the manual stitch works well enough with the decorative stitch I already put on the back and flap. It will look better than a screwed up stitch but this is a give away project now.

The problem is the flap is set I have already carved it but I think I can extend the gusset a bit without too many problems. I am doing this purse as an experiment anyway so when I get to a purse that matters I don't screw it up. but we'll see.

I think I will do some experimenting tonight with the ruined gusset and cut a blank to sew onto it. I will use the roller guide with a double foot. I need to figure this out so I can sew the gussets into these purses. I think I can make a new gusset with a 5/8" tab to see if that gives me extra wiggle room. I will also extend the new gusset to possibly 3". Maybe the purses I make in the future just need a 4" gusset. Guess I need to find a purse pattern that accommodates that. Thanks for the advice.

I was afraid you where gonna say that. Is there anyway to make the bottom stitch look any nicer?

All I have is the Cobra 4 so I need to make that machine work. Which side should I sew on the top of the inside up?

My machine works well and I can get a great stitch but when I try to sew in a gusset all hell breaks loose. I messed up the front so I have to remake the front and form a new gusset. Any tips on preparing this for machine sewing instead of hand sewing. I made the formed 2 inches wide with a .5 inch tab. Does the tab need to be bigger? The problem that I run into is when I go around the curves I run off the edge. Any advice will be welcome. Thanks, Adam

Guess Ill have to spring for one of those. How does it move the leather without the feed dogs?

I do not have the stirrup plat but I will try the glue up before I sew this next time. Also how do you sew right up next to a D-Ring?

With a bifold the insides are 3/8" shorter then the outsides. When I was sewing on my machine when I got to the middle the wallet started to stretch against the machine causing the stitches not to get pulled through. I also started to list to the side very badly. Is there a technique in sewing the bifold insides to the back?

I do plan on talking with Steve more on this but I am posting here to see if anyone else has had this problem and might have a quick fix. The main problem is the machine will be humming along fine and then a couple of stitches will not pull through. I am trying to stitch the length of a strap for a breast collar. It is just a single ply 10-12 oz strap. I don't seem to have this problem with thinner thread. Could this be a me trying to sew with too thick of thread? Thread I am using is 277 with a 200/25 needle. Here are some pictures of my problem. Thanks for any help on this. Adam

I had the problem with my class 4. I was sewing a wallet which is about 4oz to the insides. All combined it was about 6-8oz of leather. I ended up using a #138 thread with the smallest needle that came with the machine. I had to adjust the top tension down a bit. The lock stitch you have there is probably as thick as the leather you are trying to sew.

After looking at the disaster here what are some things I can do for my next project so I won't ruin it with my new machine. I love my sewing machine I just need to learn how to use it. I figure I need 3/8" edge instead of a 1/4" edge next time. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks Adam