Molded Iphone 4 Case

[HellcatLeathers]

Just finished my first attempt at a molded iPhone case......I really hate hand-stitching. I bought a small food vacuum and used that to mold the case. Great and inexpensive tool!

[Leatherimages]

So change your relationship to hand stitching. Make it something you're proud of instead.

Otherwise you will not stay with leather work.

All you need is some technique.

Good luck.

Paul

[Neillo]

Ingenious use of a food vacuum!

Yeah I feel the pain of hand stitching edges together like that,

I always opt for whip stitched kangaroo lacing instead; I can

always make it look better than I can stitching! Brings a bit more

elegance on small items if the contrast is right..

[Nick69]

To be honest the picture is so big I can't tell. Maybe a slightly smaller one would help people get a better idea of how the case looks as a whole.

[amuckart]

I'm with Paul. Practice your hand sewing, concentrate on consistency and making sure the awl angle is the same every time and that the threads pass each other in the same relationship every stitch.

By the time you've sewn a few metres concentrating on these things it'll get better. Trust me. My hand sewing was apalling when I started and is pretty reasonable even now when I'm out of practice.

This is an art and it takes practice to get good and more practice to stay good.

Edited July 7, 2012 by amuckart