Members balsammountainleather Posted February 10, 2014 Members Report Posted February 10, 2014 First post here, I figured I'd show y'all my progress since starting this craft a few months ago. The wallet with 4 pockets is my first of that design and I've been using it myself since making it (3 months or so ago). Since then I've learned quite a bit more about finishing the edges and have a much better idea of what I'm doing with that. Still working on getting my stitching to look clean though. I'm using one of the 4 prong punches from Tandy and can't seem to get really consistent results on the thicker projects (like wallets). Anyway, thanks for looking! Quote
Members Murray Posted February 11, 2014 Members Report Posted February 11, 2014 That's some good work there. I like the design on the wallet, simple, flowing. Quote 2 Chronicles 7:14 If mypeople, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. www.facebook.com/MHLeatherworks
Members rosiart Posted February 11, 2014 Members Report Posted February 11, 2014 Might just be me but I think some of your issues with the stitching is the thickness of your thread. It seems a little heavy for the length of your stitches. Hope this helps. Quote Rosemary RosiArt's Blog
Members JoannaJane Posted February 11, 2014 Members Report Posted February 11, 2014 Lovely work. Quote
Members kevlar34 Posted February 11, 2014 Members Report Posted February 11, 2014 All looks good to me. Nice to see a fellow WNC'r on here. Quote
Members balsammountainleather Posted February 11, 2014 Author Members Report Posted February 11, 2014 That's some good work there. I like the design on the wallet, simple, flowing. Thanks! I tried to make the card slots asymetrical like that for that reason Might just be me but I think some of your issues with the stitching is the thickness of your thread. It seems a little heavy for the length of your stitches. Hope this helps. Hmm, I've never considered that! I'm using the natural waxed thread from tandy, any other reccomendations for thread? Definitely helps though, thank you. All looks good to me. Nice to see a fellow WNC'r on here. Thanks! And for sure, I would have thought Asheville would have a lot of people into this craft but so far, I haven't seen too many. Lovely work. Thank you! Quote
Members Sona Posted February 11, 2014 Members Report Posted February 11, 2014 looks nice and solid. But I gotta stick with rosiart. Exspecially for a wallet I´d use a thinner thread. I never bought thread form Tandy, so I don´t know what size that is, but I think I´d go for some 0.8mm or maybe even thinner (depends on the holes and the appearence you want to achieve). I for myself just use some braided polyester-thread and the different sizes are marked in the diameter (in mm), So I don´t know, what thread you prefer and what size it should have. In addition I think you might wanna try some edge work. They look a bit fuzzy to me, so I´d polish them or at least smooth them down. In my eyes that might be a big upgrade to you wallet. (But anyways: it´s a nice piece of work and I like it. ) Quote
Members balsammountainleather Posted February 18, 2014 Author Members Report Posted February 18, 2014 looks nice and solid. But I gotta stick with rosiart. Exspecially for a wallet I´d use a thinner thread. I never bought thread form Tandy, so I don´t know what size that is, but I think I´d go for some 0.8mm or maybe even thinner (depends on the holes and the appearence you want to achieve). I for myself just use some braided polyester-thread and the different sizes are marked in the diameter (in mm), So I don´t know, what thread you prefer and what size it should have. In addition I think you might wanna try some edge work. They look a bit fuzzy to me, so I´d polish them or at least smooth them down. In my eyes that might be a big upgrade to you wallet. (But anyways: it´s a nice piece of work and I like it. ) Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely search for some thinner thread. I was having to use pliers to pull the thread through on my backstitches so you're probably right, this stuff is too thick! As for the edges, I definitely agree, I checked out the thread on edging and have since made a few more that look much more "finished" with glassy smooth edges. I appreciate your imput Quote
Members Sona Posted February 18, 2014 Members Report Posted February 18, 2014 You are welcome. I am just happy if I could help you in some way And I am pleased that you found and like the edging thread. (Even if I read it a lot, I think it couldn´t be said enough: I like this forum *laugh*) I think it is a general thing you might wanna keep in mind: If anything (exspecially standart steps like stitching and so on) doesn´t really work or is just a pain in the ass, the possibility that you either are doing it not in the correct way or the materials/tools don´t fit well is quite big Quote
Members CountryStyle Posted February 19, 2014 Members Report Posted February 19, 2014 Thinner thread would hep, but don't beat yourself up too much. Your stitches look really good for a beginner. I have definitely seen much worse. Quote God is Great! Nathan Allison
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