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Hi gang,

I can't wrap my head around this. So this shoulder bag has these small pouches sewn on the outside of it.

What I don't understand is how they were stitched on. How does one get their hand inside, let alone a needle and be able to see what you're doing?

Basically one side of the stitching, when attaching the side pieces of each pouch, is inside the pouch. It seems a near impossible task to get a hand in there and do a proper stitch all by feel.

Any ideas??

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You'd have to show better pictures of the inside and outside, including pictures of the insides of the pockets. What is the temper of that leather? Can you easily turn the bag inside out? Is it lined? Is there a facing strip on the inside top? Pics.

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Pics would help. Just judging from the first pic I would assume I would stitch the exterior/visible seam first. Then I could fold the "rear" of the pocket into the seams for the main compartment. Alternatively, I could start the exterior stitch in the middle of the bottom seam and stitch in both directions so that the pocket closes as I stitch.

There's a few other ways this could probably be done depending on how the rest of the bag is assembled. We'd need more angles to pin down the exact technique used.

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Yeah I'd like better photos too. I've seen these kinds of small exterior pockets many times but I can't find interior pictures.

I emailed one guy who did one like this and he said he couldn't explain it over email....

And I've seen many styles, but it's getting that stitching on the inside, on that small of a pocket, that baffles me.

I'm hoping someone here has done this before :D


You'd have to show better pictures of the inside and outside, including pictures of the insides of the pockets. What is the temper of that leather? Can you easily turn the bag inside out? Is it lined? Is there a facing strip on the inside top? Pics.

I think it's likely a soft oil tanned, so turning it inside out would work most likely. But do you see what I mean? There is the main bag, then those small exterior pockets attached to that, and the seam for those pockets appear to be on the inside. And to saddle stitch that, for instance, you'd have to get your hand down on there which I can't imagine that being easy at all.

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So I take it you didn't take that pic?

To turn your thinking inside out a little bit, there's a very very simple way to sew a pocket like that on if the material is soft. It's no different than construction the bag with seams inside the lining, which you just picked up on.

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This is one of the only instances where i would use a speedy stitcher. It would actually be pretty easy. I would do the outside, visible seem proper saddle stitch and then attach the pockets to the bag panels using the speedy stitcher. With some long tweezers or hemostats you can reach down inside and catch the loop with the backside thread, forming a stitch. Not the prettiest, which is why you do it on the hidden stitches.

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I agree, . . . TinkerTailor has it nailed, . . . at least that is what I would do.

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Dwight

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This is one of the only instances where i would use a speedy stitcher. It would actually be pretty easy. I would do the outside, visible seem proper saddle stitch and then attach the pockets to the bag panels using the speedy stitcher. With some long tweezers or hemostats you can reach down inside and catch the loop with the backside thread, forming a stitch. Not the prettiest, which is why you do it on the hidden stitches.

Ahh now that's a thought!

I do bags sometimes and I think this look is so much nicer than having the attachment "flaps" splayed outward, at least for some designs.

I'll have to give this a try.

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Just a guess not being able to see the inside of one of the pockets but notice it's: stitch, space, stitch... probably a running stitch pulled tight with a fid every twenty stitches or so. Just a guess but that's how I'd do it to get that look.

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Is that not your basic buck stich? 

Doc Reaper

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