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Thanks, I'll give it a shot.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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I'll raise my hand.  It has happened to me more than once. The one I remember was a tablet case I made for my father for Christmas.  It has loosened up some over time but was a really tight fit off the bench.

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I think a better question might have been "how MANY times have you done this"  Yup my wife's cell phone case spent some time with a plastic block in it before it was road worthy and you would think I had some of this stuff figured out! :dunno:

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Almost everyone makes these kind of errors.  Its what we call EXPERIENCE :) You just got some!

 

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My main interest in leatherwork is to make sheaths for knives

Once, I made up a pattern for an unusually shaped knife from plain paper; then transferred it to leather and made it up. Found out that the resulting sheath was left handed, or a mirror image, or however you want to describe it. Now if I make a pattern I make sure I use patterned 'one sided' paper or mark which is to be the grain or the flesh side.

An expert is someone who has made more mistakes than you have

 

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Ha, cheers guys.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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We could make a blog out of just this one thread.  I could post something about twice a week ... wouldn't always include blood, though. ...

 

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IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.

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Oooh, like the card wallet I made for my wife, where I glued the wrong edges.

That was a bit embarrasing, since she noticed before I did. Usually I get to bury my mistakes in the bottom of the trash can where nobody sees them.

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I have a drawer. One day I will look in there and see all the lessons I have learned.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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Here is my new wallet I can actually use.FB_IMG_1472142198068.jpg

My 3 year old picked out the turtle.

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Three usable pockets. Yay!

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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