So How Fast Are You With Your Hand Stitch?

[snubbyfan]

Took me about 6 to 8 hours to hand stitch this belt.

It's 2 layers of 9-10 ounce.

My wife hand stitched this ranger belt in about half that time.

It's 7-8 ounce with a 4-5 ounce liner.

Guess who does the belt stitching now.

[Boriqua]

Took me about 6 to 8 hours to hand stitch this belt.

It's 2 layers of 9-10 ounce.

My wife hand stitched this ranger belt in about half that time.

It's 7-8 ounce with a 4-5 ounce liner.

Guess who does the belt stitching now.

That is toooo funny. I keep trying to get my wife to take a hand at stitching but whenever I bring it up she looks at me like I dont speak the same language. She is no wimp now .. she works outdoors everyday at a Botanical Garden but I think she is wise to me wanting her to help on the stitching and she is playing dumb. That or she is from the Bronx and I am from Brooklyn and there really is a dialect language barrier going on ... still after 16 yrs!

[snubbyfan]

That is toooo funny. I keep trying to get my wife to take a hand at stitching but whenever I bring it up she looks at me like I dont speak the same language. She is no wimp now .. she works outdoors everyday at a Botanical Garden but I think she is wise to me wanting her to help on the stitching and she is playing dumb. That or she is from the Bronx and I am from Brooklyn and there really is a dialect language barrier going on ... still after 16 yrs!

My wife and I both used to work in factories together. I know that all I gotta do is show her something once and off she goes. I was getting kinda backed up on orders and she wanted to help. I showed her and off she went.

It was really something to watch her hands go. Kinda like watching a leather stitching video of me but at double speed.

Next time I think I'll get it on video and post it on my YouTube channel.

My wife's Italian and I'm an American Indian. A loud emotional Italian and a quiet stoic Injun, we're quite the pair.

[Colt W Knight]

Takes me about 4-5 hours to hand stich a padfolio or guitar strap including punching the holes, and my fingers hurt like hell afterwards. Once I started making more than a couple, I found a machine.

Edited June 30, 2015 by Colt W Knight

[MonicaJacobson]

My wife and I both used to work in factories together. I know that all I gotta do is show her something once and off she goes. I was getting kinda backed up on orders and she wanted to help. I showed her and off she went.

It was really something to watch her hands go. Kinda like watching a leather stitching video of me but at double speed.

Next time I think I'll get it on video and post it on my YouTube channel.

My wife's Italian and I'm an American Indian. A loud emotional Italian and a quiet stoic Injun, we're quite the pair.

Ha, funny! It's awesome that you guys work together.

[Fordpkup]

I have a homemade stitching pony. I practiced for hours on scrap leather. I am still striving to improve and I don't get in a hurry. Not getting in a hurry is important to me. I figure a little speed will come with time.

I've had some jaws drop when I tell them it's hand stitched. That's more important than speed and shoddy work.

[YinTx]

Fordpkup,

I could not have said it better. My stitching satisfaction does not come from the speed, but from the quality of the product. If I want speed, I'll use a sewing machine, it'll at least maintain some degree of consistency that I would not be able to if I was working full tilt.

That being said, it is nice to know whether I am working at a snails pace and should continue to try to pick up the rate, or if I'm moving along at a decent speed.

Of course, I'd have to be stitching something for any of this to hold true, something I have not been able to do for some time now. Something about lack of time....

YinTx