Members feralking Posted December 4, 2011 Members Report Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) well when i first started i had no knollege of stitching or leathercraft, my reenactment group said it's better if i make my bags myself for more originality and to learn an amazing craft, problem is now i had messed up a lot of leather (quite expensive on my salary) so i wonderd if someone could explain or better yet send me a pic of what a good stitch might look like and how to do it i will be very thankfull! i haven't got photos but i can explain the way i did my first bag. i punctured the leather and thread through the hole, through the next peice of leather to join the two and then punctured the other end and went through in reverse, double stitch too.... wow that sounds confusing. .^. .^. .^. _ v_ v_ v like that ---^ (ignore the "_" lines they just keep the bottem row in place) the dots being the holes and the arrows being the thread. imagine that with the leather on it's side so you barely see the leather ----- <-- like that. but it's not very strong! Edited December 4, 2011 by feralking Quote "i'm going to love and tollerate the shit out of you!" ~brony "you'r smile is all that matters in my life" ~me "squirtal squirtal! squir- OH WHAT THE *bleep* AM I SAYING!" ~Robot Chicken Pokemon Sketch
Members gary Posted December 4, 2011 Members Report Posted December 4, 2011 Welcome to LW - great place. I've PM'd you with something that may be of use. Gary Quote
electrathon Posted December 4, 2011 Report Posted December 4, 2011 If I understand your images corectly, this is what you want. v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ Two threads, both making an S. Both needles going through the same hole, in oposite directions. Quote
Members feralking Posted December 4, 2011 Author Members Report Posted December 4, 2011 If I understand your images corectly, this is what you want. v^v^v^v^v^v^v^ Two threads, both making an S. Both needles going through the same hole, in oposite directions. thats what i'v been trying to do but when i make it, it's easy to pull apart, can't hold much weight so it sucked big time, if there is a better way you know of let me know! i recently learned about both saddle stitch and backstitch but have yet to try them out, i will go down to my local cobbler tomorrow and ask for some spare cut offs he has, i will practice on those so if you know of another way of stitching i would love to try it out Quote "i'm going to love and tollerate the shit out of you!" ~brony "you'r smile is all that matters in my life" ~me "squirtal squirtal! squir- OH WHAT THE *bleep* AM I SAYING!" ~Robot Chicken Pokemon Sketch
Members katsass Posted December 4, 2011 Members Report Posted December 4, 2011 (edited) well when i first started i had no knollege of stitching or leathercraft, my reenactment group said it's better if i make my bags myself for more originality and to learn an amazing craft, problem is now i had messed up a lot of leather (quite expensive on my salary) so i wonderd if someone could explain or better yet send me a pic of what a good stitch might look like and how to do it i will be very thankfull! i haven't got photos but i can explain the way i did my first bag. i punctured the leather and thread through the hole, through the next peice of leather to join the two and then punctured the other end and went through in reverse, double stitch too.... wow that sounds confusing. .^. .^. .^. _ v_ v_ v like that ---^ (ignore the "_" lines they just keep the bottem row in place) the dots being the holes and the arrows being the thread. imagine that with the leather on it's side so you barely see the leather ----- <-- like that. but it's not very strong! FWIW; one thread, needle on each end. Center the thread in the first hole. First needle through the second hole, second needle through the same hole from the opposite side, pull tight. On to the next hole, do the same thing. You can do it from the inside and turn the bag out,and no stitches will show, if so desired. Mike Edited December 4, 2011 by katsass Quote NOTE TO SELF: Never try to hold a cat and an operating Dust buster at the same time!! At my age I find that I can live without sex..........but not without my glasses. Being old has an advantage.......nobody expects me to do anything in a hurry.
Members feralking Posted December 4, 2011 Author Members Report Posted December 4, 2011 FWIW; one thread, needle on each end. Center the thread in the first hole. First needle through the second hole, second needle through the same hole from the opposite side, pull tight. On to the next hole, do the same thing. You can do it from the inside and turn the bag out,and no stitches will show, if so desired. Mike yeah i think thats a saddle stitch correct? i have yet to try that out, thanks for the comment! Quote "i'm going to love and tollerate the shit out of you!" ~brony "you'r smile is all that matters in my life" ~me "squirtal squirtal! squir- OH WHAT THE *bleep* AM I SAYING!" ~Robot Chicken Pokemon Sketch
Members celticleather Posted December 5, 2011 Members Report Posted December 5, 2011 Take a look at the tutorials here: http://www.bowstock..../tutorials.html. They're pretty useful! Quote When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody
Members feralking Posted December 5, 2011 Author Members Report Posted December 5, 2011 Take a look at the tutorials here: http://www.bowstock..../tutorials.html. They're pretty useful! wow thanks! some cool stuff on that! Quote "i'm going to love and tollerate the shit out of you!" ~brony "you'r smile is all that matters in my life" ~me "squirtal squirtal! squir- OH WHAT THE *bleep* AM I SAYING!" ~Robot Chicken Pokemon Sketch
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