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Can anyone please advise best approach. This is a car seat, the inner seam is leather, the outer (right) is vinyl. I'm having issues with the leather side. I can insert the needle tip in one hole of the leather and out the adjacent hole, but as soon as the much larger eyelet passes through it splits open all the leather between the two holes. The needle feels like it is hitting a welting cord or something behind these holes, but I see no piping, just a foam coating on the back of the leather. Since the eyelet can't push inward at all it's forced to push outward and breaks open the leather - screwed. The vinyl side is no problem, stretches, flexes. I'm using a 3" curved needle and T135 bonded nylon. I had to bend the tip slightly to help get needle out the adjacent holes, and takes tremendous force with pliers to get the needle through the two holes. I test soaked a couple inches of this seam in leather conditioner for 3 days, that didn't help. On the backside of the seam I noticed the gray thread that is visible on the seat, but there is also white thread. I'm not sure what this is holding down - maybe it is piping of some sort. The only thing I can think to do is use the outer seems. See Plan B below. The leather is 22 years old. Click thumbnails for larger view: Driver seat view. It's the outer bolster. This shows the existing holes, I thought it would be easy to sew together - NOT. The old thread broke/failed as some point. This is the backside of the leather. Seam holes breaking through here: Plan B? Should just I use the outer threads, like the image below. -
Latest seat completed. Customer asked for a medieval sea chart / sail boat / sea monster-theme, a bit out of my comfort zone, but luckily she gave me some good source material what she's after... Top 7-8 oz leather, sides 3-4 oz, wet molded around the seat pan. 3mm ( 3/32") veg tan lacing, mexican round braid.
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Couple of my latest seats the large seat with back rest is for a Trike, in a "Grizzly Bear theme.." The small one is just a standard bobber seat..
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Looking for advice on what I can do with this saddle! Is there anyway to deglaze the seat and dye it another color? I am hoping to take it to a dark brown or mahogany color if possible. Also, the basket stamp portion on the skirt and pommel has a glittery finish - yes, GLITTER! Is there anyway I can remove this? I love this saddle - it is very comfortable and I use it all the time for barrel racing but it is just plain tacky! Any advice is appreciated!
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I am trying to get my glove operation underway to fill the needs of the multiple retail stores in my area. I craft hand-made baseball/softball fielding gloves that keep the look of the older generation of gloves along with modern features that will changes the player's perspective for a high-quality glove. Besides making high-end gloves, I have created leather seat cushions and the "Slinger", a leather drink holder that is worn around your neck with a strip of fur sewn to the leather strip to maximize the chance of forgetting you're even wearing it. Every glove created is all by hand whether that is cutting, punching, or stamping. In order to be time efficient for the next phase of production, outsourcing some of the process will increase productivity but reduce the percentage of profit. Please take the time and look at my website and also please feel free to donate in this campaign I am trying to raise $1,000 in. The cost of one of those gloves are never going to be that low again! http://kozickisports.com Rocket Hub campaign http://www.rockethub.com/projects/41867-dna-fielding-glove I hope you like to see some true genuine leather products that's actually made in America! Alec Kozicki Kozicki Sports -
Swing seat for an old Shovel head Bobber....detail of carving and a set of quickly made gun purses...back side! Seat has about 2 inch foam and stitched with 207 thread on Adler 105....gun holster purses are made with upholstery leather about 3-4 oz with headliner foam as bag liner.... Need to work on purse design....
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Well here it is... my first seat. It was tough. It's not perfect but I'm pretty pleased. Also, if anyone can tell me what bike this fits that would be great. I bought it at a flea market for $15. The showed me what it was for but all I remember is 2007 and newer FLH___ . Not sure what letter I'm missing or the common name for the bike. Thanks, Cheryl
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2001 Road King seat complete (finally). Design partially based on family crest. All comments welcome. Thanks for looking!
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Seat finally complete. About 15-20 hours of lacing. Designed off my last name and family crest. All comments welcome. Thanks for looking. There is some amazing work being posted lately! Good job by all.
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