Members Mulesaw Posted July 9 Members Report Posted July 9 I can't remember the last time I made a belt for myself to use. My best guess is that it was in 1994, and I haven't used that belt since probably 1997. So this time I decided to make a belt out here on the ship, mainly to use as a everyday work belt (to keep my work pants up), and secondly to have a cozy small project to do. The fishtail pattern was made using a cardboard plate, all stitching is done by hand, and a diamond awl was used to make the holes in the leather. The belt is 1.5" wide and I used Serabraid 1 mm thread for the stitches. I haven't got a stitching clamp or a stitching pony out here, so sewing takes a bit more time since one hand needs to hold the leather, but all in all I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. (My photo skills suck, and natural light isn't in abundance in the engine control room) Quote
Members rleather Posted July 9 Members Report Posted July 9 Excellent stitching! A very fine belt indeed. Quote
Members Mulesaw Posted July 9 Author Members Report Posted July 9 @FrankHester Thanks :-) @rleather Thanks :-), as a Scandinavian something with this amount of ornamentation is almost unheard of, but I decided to take a chance Quote
Members dikman Posted July 9 Members Report Posted July 9 (edited) Excellent job. I particularly like the way you ended the pattern by extending it to the end of the belt, most just stop it at one of the "crosspoints". Edited July 9 by dikman Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members Chux Posted July 9 Members Report Posted July 9 I made a belt with that stitching a while back myself...I know how much goes onto the stitching by hand lol nice work!! Quote
Members Gezzer Posted July 10 Members Report Posted July 10 Looks GREAT !!!!! Lot of work in that . Quote
Members bsshog40 Posted July 10 Members Report Posted July 10 Very nice! That's a lot of stitching. That's the only thing that keeps me from wanting to make a belt. I figure I would have to have at least 20' or more of thread to keep from tangling up while hand stitching. Quote
Members Mulesaw Posted July 10 Author Members Report Posted July 10 5 hours ago, dikman said: Excellent job. I particularly like the way you ended the pattern by extending it to the end of the belt, most just stop it at one of the "crosspoints". Thanks, I saw a belt (on this forum off course ) where someone had made the ending like this. I never thought about doing it like that before, but I thought that it looked cool and like an elegant way to do it. Brgds Jonas 5 hours ago, Chux said: I made a belt with that stitching a while back myself...I know how much goes onto the stitching by hand lol nice work!! The good thing is that it gives me something to do out here :-) And it is at least a manageable project to hold while sewing Brgds Jonas Quote
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