ButtonLady

Title is a little vague, I know... I need to practice setting rhinestones and spots (various kinds) into leather. Before I pick up some scraps at our local Tandy Leather, I'd love to know what kinds of leather(s) are typically used for embellished apparel, dog collars... ? I've made a lot of leather buttons, but this is new and very different.

Brilliant adaptation! For members without access to a machine shop, you can use Osborne pins in Handy Jr. machines -- easy swap and can be switched back with no harm done to the machine. The new pin threads will accommodate any "1920" *** die (snap, grommet, rivet, etc.), but die shanks will need to be turned to a slightly smaller diameter to fit Handy Jr. machine bases. *** Osborne is a "1920" machine (as are standard C&C Metal, Dynaline, Wade, and Defiance machines... which unfortunately are all out of production, but still around).