Machine stitch belt keeper

[Outfitr]

I know you said you wanted to sew them but a real time saver for something that is completely hidden are the little staples that Tandy sells. No skiving either just butt the leather together and staple. They're tough little staples and I use two, can't imagine they'd ever fail. I poke holes for them first with my stitching awl which matches the staples perfectly.

[Matt S]

I used to hand stitch keeper loops, then had clicker dies made up to rivet them. That was faster but found them too fiddly, bulky and small variations in the leather resulted in significant variation in the fit of the loops. Machine stitching is possible with the correct combination of loop that's long and flexible enough to pull to to the side for stitching and a machine with enough access to sew just the bit of loop you want. A holster/stirrup plate and/or a cylinder arm machine which stitches close to the edge of the cylinder. After getting some advice on this forum I started using loop staples and haven't looked back since.