sewing from leather to canvas

[the deacon]

Hi all,

I just got a Juki 341 and it does beautifully on both leather and canvas. A few of my bag designs have both leather and canvas (leather bottoms with canvas making up the majority of the bag) in which case one seam transition from leather material to canvas. I'm using 4-5 oz leather and 10oz-18oz canvas, 69 thread. For the leather I normally use a leather needle that is cuts a diamond hole. This poses a problem for the canvas as it cuts the fibers.

Is anyone out there working with these materials and have found a needle that can be used for both, so that I don't need to sew the leather section of the seam, then change needles and sew the canvas section?

 

Thanks

deacon

[Wizcrafts]

You can use a regular sharp point #16 or #18 needle, with #69 bonded thread, to sew chrome tanned bag leather. If you move up to #92 thread, use a #19 regular point needle for the cloth/leather combo.

Use regular point needles when sewing webbing.

[the deacon]

Thanks Wiz