different stitches

[Trav]

Hello all, my question is ,do any of you have a decorative stitch you could share? I build custom knives and most of my stitching consist of the two needle saddle stitch. I also use a single needle to do a running stitch ,such as when you skip every other punch hole. Any suggestions are much appreciated. Thanks , Trav

[barra]

I don't know how you would apply these to what you do but these are a few I use on occasion.

Back stitch. This looks like saddle stitch from the top side but forms a different pattern on the backside. It uses only one needle.

1. o

2. o

3. o

4. o

5. o

6. o

Start at hole 2. go back to hole 1. Then hole 3, Next hole 2. Continue the sequence 4-3, 5-4, 6-5.

Herringbone stitch and baseball stitch are similar in many respect

Blanket stitch. This is the overlocked/serged stitch pattern you see on the edge of blankets (does anyone use blankets anymore)

Barra.

[Suze]

if you look up "frankenpurse" in the show off section - I used blanket stich on the outside and a double running stich on the small gusset. (which looks like a two needle stich but isn't)

would think that if you would look up embroidry stiches and use the ones that are more straight line, you could find a lot of varity for your work

look up "blackwork" it is a type of embrodry from the 15/1600's

[Trav]

Barra and Suze,thanks for the info. Suze, i cant get the site you gave to come up, but the suggestion about the embroidry was good. thanks to both of you TRAV

[Suze]

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=14875

it's in the show off section of this forum - not a website.....

it's my first project and Johanna didn't have any leather laceing that was "good anymore" (it dry rotted) so I had to fall back and punt.

[Trav]

Suze thanks. the bag looks wonderful, and I have the stitch figured out. Trav

[Suze]

gee thanks Trav - after looking at all the other first projects - I feel that mine is a bit "lacking"

that blanket stich was not easy the second time around the bag (part of the reason that there is only one layer around the smaller part - the other, not enough thread)

I called it frankenpurse because it has 3 different ends of thread in it and none of them really "matched" I used the heaviest one on the double running stich, because I got frustrated with an awl and just used a paper punch to put tiny hole in it.

Johanna is not happy with the name.