dk94574 Report post Posted July 24 Howdy, thanks for letting me join the forum. I really appreciate the deep knowledge members have regarding leather sewing machines (which I am contemplating finding). I have a leather purse from the 1980’s that has lost some of its stitching. Does anyone here recognize what machine might have made the stitching? How does one identify and find similar thread? Should I just hand stitch the part where the thread was? Any ideas for restitching would be appreciated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackDragon Report post Posted July 24 I do mostly machine stitching and trying to resew this with a machine may be difficult. Getting into the same holes and keeping a straight line would be more difficult than hand stitching. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomE Report post Posted July 24 I think the machine stitching reflects the type of needle. See the LR point needle at this site https://www.schmetz.com/en/industrial-needles/needle-compass/cutting-points/. I would sew by hand as @BlackDragon suggested, using a bonded thread as for a machine and waxing the thread. I can do a neater job repairing horse tack by hand than trying to run over the stitches with a machine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Northmount Report post Posted July 25 On 7/24/2024 at 9:35 AM, dk94574 said: Howdy, thanks for letting me join the forum. Welcome. Great place to be. Moved your post to Leather Sewing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dk94574 Report post Posted August 17 Thank you TomE and BlackDragon! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
