Green book cover

[Simplejack1985]

Remake of a green book cover I made for one of my old soldiers stationed in italy. Post office was kind enough to loose the last one for me. I used 2 kinds of italian veg tan, pig skin lining with tiger thread.

[Herbie]

Very nice!

[DieselTech]

Nice work. Looks great. Did you use 2 different colors of thread? Or is my eyes deceiving me. 

Thanks.

[Brokenolmarine]

I'm guessing two threads, skipped stitched.  Cool idea.

[Simplejack1985]

3 hours ago, Herbie said:

Very nice!

 

2 hours ago, DieselTech said:

Nice work. Looks great. Did you use 2 different colors of thread? Or is my eyes deceiving me. 

Thanks.

 

2 hours ago, Brokenolmarine said:

I'm guessing two threads, skipped stitched.  Cool idea.

Thankyou. And I joined two different color threads and saddle stitched it.

[DieselTech]

How the heck did you get the colors to alternate if 2 threads were joined? 

I'm amazed & baffled. 

Very cool thou. 

[RidgebackCustoms]

I'm guessing 2 threads knotted together and saddle-stitched.  I'm curious how you did the thread terminations.  I've done something similar, but the thread terminations gave it away.  Wondering if you found a way to terminate them hidden/cleanly?

[dikman]

Very nice work. You must have been just a tad annoyed at losing the other one after all that work.

[Simplejack1985]

5 hours ago, DieselTech said:

How the heck did you get the colors to alternate if 2 threads were joined? 

I'm amazed & baffled. 

Very cool thou. 

 

2 hours ago, RidgebackCustoms said:

I'm guessing 2 threads knotted together and saddle-stitched.  I'm curious how you did the thread terminations.  I've done something similar, but the thread terminations gave it away.  Wondering if you found a way to terminate them hidden/cleanly?

 

2 hours ago, dikman said:

Very nice work. You must have been just a tad annoyed at losing the other one after all that work.

Do each color 2 x with a little extra the length of the project. Use first color for length then pull the 2nd color same length, thread each end normal. The  take the opposite cor and go 3/4" of the opposite color pierce and seat the needle again with each. Pull taunt. It will create a min joining knot do not cut the ends. Pull even lengths as normal.through the first whole. Center the knot do not cut the excess. Saddle stitch and it will alternate colors.

[Djw872]

Looks great! 

[toxo]

Not the same at all but you can get a similar look on the machine by deliberately loosening the bobbin tension. Great job by the way.

[toxo]

I should have added, "When using a different colour in the bobbin".

[RidgebackCustoms]

On 11/26/2024 at 6:53 PM, Simplejack1985 said:

Center the knot do not cut the excess. Saddle stitch and it will alternate colors.

At the end of your stitch line do you backstitch?

[DavidNolan]

It looks incredible. You made it high quality 

Edited December 23, 2024 by DavidNolan

[pengkegu]

very nice!