My First Batch

[Dwight]

Now, . . . I am going to be good, . . . I am not going to be a smart alec and say "Sew with WHITE thread". Though as the class clown years ago, . . . I would have.

Actually, . . . every thing I make is contact cemented together, . . . in such a manner that the stitches are in some cases nothing more than decoration.

But when I do white stitches, . . . EVERY THING ELSE is done first. The object is finished except for sewing and applying the top-coat final finish.

THEN, I sew.

All dying, edging, sanding, burnishing, polishing, . . . every bit of it is done, . . . including the stitch gouging, . . . which since I know is going to be done in white, . . . I do it even before I dye the leather, . . . as it makes a much better presentation.

After I sew, . . . final top coat, . . . a little wax or polish sometimes, . . . look in the mirror and smile, . . . ya did good !

At least that is my process.

May God bless,

Dwight

[chiefjason]

I do a lot of light colored, contrast stitching. Cream and white. It's done last. Well, technically since I'm still hand stitching it's all done last. lol Heck, my normal process sounds a lot like Dwight's way. The only thing I do after stitching is wax, burnish, and finish the interior. I'm odd like that.

I really need to make that BOSS something more than a coat rack. Of course, it's my odd method that's causing a lot of my problems there.