Rule Of Thumb For Thread Length?

[user2013]

In case someone is still looking for the answer, I wrote this Android application to calculate the thread length based on the project thickness, seam length and number of stitches per inch. You can use it in inches and oz or switch to millimeters: 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=saddle.stitch.thread.length.calculator

 

[fredk]

On 4/18/2019 at 7:50 PM, user2013 said:

In case someone is still looking for the answer, I wrote this Android application to calculate the thread length based on the project thickness, seam length and number of stitches per inch. You can use it in inches and oz or switch to millimeters: 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=saddle.stitch.thread.length.calculator

 

I bet its good, shame I can't get it

[Dullguy]

I usually figure 4x or 5x the length that I need to sew.

On 4/18/2019 at 2:50 PM, user2013 said:

In case someone is still looking for the answer, I wrote this Android application to calculate the thread length based on the project thickness, seam length and number of stitches per inch. You can use it in inches and oz or switch to millimeters: 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=saddle.stitch.thread.length.calculator

 

I just downloaded your app. Looks like it'll make it really simple to figure out the length of thread.

[tatorteetor]

On 4/18/2019 at 1:50 PM, user2013 said:

In case someone is still looking for the answer, I wrote this Android application to calculate the thread length based on the project thickness, seam length and number of stitches per inch. You can use it in inches and oz or switch to millimeters: 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=saddle.stitch.thread.length.calculator

 

That's really clever, thanks for sharing it!

[chrisash]

I just use 5 times and a bit, what the hell the thread is cheap enough

[Outfitr]

This. 5 times and a bit.

[zuludog]

A similar question has been asked recently elsewhere on this forum, but I can't locate it for the moment

It is very frustrating to run out of thread just a couple of stitches from the end; and remember you will need to allow for folding over at the needle, and backstitching, so allow plenty - I'd say 5 to 6 times the length of the stitch run.

Have a look at YouTube videos, and you can see that the acknowledged experts in leatherwork, such as Nigel Armitage, use plenty of thread