A Terrible Way To Sew Up A Gusset

[MonicaJacobson]

I tried a new way of attaching the gusset on my latest bag. I guess I was bored?

Terrible idea. My wrists are killing me. So yes, the people who use this method can have it all to themselves.

Edited August 26, 2014 by MonicaJacobson

[Colt W Knight]

Certainly doesn't look terrible.

[MonicaJacobson]

Thanks, Colt - I like how it looks, too. But it's not worth the frustration and self inflicted arthritis or carpel tunnel syndrome or whatever to get the look, I decided.

[billybopp]

It looks really nice, but yeah .. I can see how it might be a pain to sew like that.

Bill

[Andrew Chee]

Nice. What kind of leather did you use for this?

Andrew

[MonicaJacobson]

Thanks Bill!

Andrew, it's Austin leather from Tandy. 8-9 oz. It's fun to work with and very popular, but kind of expensive for what it is. And when it scratches, the scratch stays. It's about $135 (I got it on sale for 110) per, and they're not very big. I'm planning to see what springfield has in a similar color when I finish off my last hide.

[humperdingle]

I made my wife a bag of very similar gusset design and it wasn't a pleasure to make :D

[blue duck]

Well for what it's worth, it looks great. So how many new words did the dog learn while you did this?

[MonicaJacobson]

@humperdingle - oooh, now I want to see a picture.

@blue duck - Thank you! The neighbors have a parrot - I could have improved its vocabulary massively.

[thefanninator]

Looks nice. It's tough stitching down inside something... is that what it was?