Gunfighter, Boot Stitch Layout

[KAYAK45]

Now I have read all 66 pages of sewing machine, all pages on sewing leather, and 25 pages under this forum page.

I must be dense, alright I am dense, but.

How do you lay out..say a belt blank, or rear girth strap for that matter, to get the "oval, or oval/diamond pattern" ?.

It must be simple, it hasn't shown up in say... 100 postings?

Thanks for the help, in advance

Kevin

PS. i have seen this called a boot stitch, or a "fancy belt" stitch and "gunfighter stitch".

Edited March 29, 2011 by KAYAK45

[Dwight]

I don't do a lot of what you are asking, . . . but when I do, . . . I make a "half moon" shaped piece of manila folder and lay it on the blank, . . . lightly outline it, . . . sew over the outline and finish the job.

May God bless,

Dwight

[Luke Hatley]

Sometimes the stich pattern is refered to as Fish tails, that is what was told to me.

try this pattern.

Edited March 29, 2011 by Luke Hatley

[KAYAK45]

Great Luke.

thats IT!

Now. How do you lay out the "gunfighter", "Saddle stitch" "fishtail stitch", "Boot stitch"?

Whatever its called, I WANT IT.! LOL

[Luke Hatley]

Great Luke.

thats IT!

Now. How do you lay out the "gunfighter", "Saddle stitch" "fishtail stitch", "Boot stitch"?

Whatever its called, I WANT IT.! LOL

..... I use 1/4" graph paper and one of my wifes dinner plates...you'll get it.......

[Dwight]

..... and one of my wifes dinner plates.........

You ARE a brave man Luke Hatley,...................

May God bless,

Dwight

[Luke Hatley]

You ARE a brave man Luke Hatley,...................

May God bless,

Dwight

I'll put it back before she comes home.

some times i'll use a saucer for small radius's..........

[KAYAK45]

I'll put it back before she comes home.

some times i'll use a saucer for small radius's..........

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HEY GUYS, i had a great time reading your replies and found out there is "NO RIGHT WAY" and you jest lay-er-out the way y u - a l l f e el s r i g h t .

Instead of saucers and dinner plates I found I already own a template from my model railroad days, of HIGHWAY RADIUS TEMPLATE # 1185I., by " PICKETT" it has Dozens of RADIUS, CIRCLES and much more from an architect supply co.

Put away the dishes, or eat on em! Yea, I know, their free!

[JackRabbit]

Being a fan of Clint Eastwood westerns , I wanted to do a stitch like that , too .

It is in his gunbelt in most , if not all westerns .

That Luke Hatley - post gave me an idea and I did a few tries succeeding at last .

You need an arc ; height is equal of the height of wished pattern .

So , In my case I used an arc 1" high and 4,5" length ( cut that from used pistol target using the arc from 8 - ring ) .

Then drew two lines 1" apart .

Drew set of arcs and when starting the other side , I used a square to get the points of a "diamond" in a vertically straight line .

If the points are not aligned , the pattern does not look right .

And after drawing... there I had my wished stitching pattern .

Now a first belt having a fancy stitch like that is being stitched in a harness racing equipment factory in my HT .

They have machines heavy enough for that .

JR

[JackRabbit]

same in pictures .