Sewing credit card sleeves/linings.

[Lalumiere]

I hear weldwood will hold the fabric worry free...the fabric will rip before the bond breaks...I may use this technique for full exotic wallets

[RockyAussie]

6 hours ago, Lalumiere said:

I hear weldwood will hold the fabric worry free...the fabric will rip before the bond breaks...I may use this technique for full exotic wallets

Having a lot of years running a shoe/bag repair business a common request was to fix where the fabric had let go from the pocket. A problem often overlooked is that most tanning uses oils (fatliquors) as part of the process. The glue may stick very well until the oils eventually migrate and if you think you can stick glue to oil you could become very rich.Most of the time it goes sticky and just slimes off of the leather. Some leathers are better than others but some can be raggy and separate anyway.

[Jack142]

I watched the videos, one question, what thickness of leather are they using, it looks pretty thin and flexible ?

[Lalumiere]

8 hours ago, RockyAussie said:

Having a lot of years running a shoe/bag repair business a common request was to fix where the fabric had let go from the pocket. A problem often overlooked is that most tanning uses oils (fatliquors) as part of the process. The glue may stick very well until the oils eventually migrate and if you think you can stick glue to oil you could become very rich.Most of the time it goes sticky and just slimes off of the leather. Some leathers are better than others but some can be raggy and separate anyway.

I exclusively use Chevre Sully at 1mm which I feel would be fine vs something like a Horween, keep in mind the sides would be hand saddle stitched which would take a great deal of the pressure off the the fabric that's only glued to the credit card slit. If Hermes and LV can do it with the same exact leather I'm pretty sure we most likely can too. I was going to make a card holder for myself in this style for myself to test it out

[cradom]

Wondering why he uses painters tape instead of something stickier. Would be worried it would come apart without glue or stitching.

[Wulfing]

The best bet is to go on youtube and watch videos from 4 or 5 different craftsmen. Search Ian atkinson on youtube. he is a teacher of some kind by day so makes some good videos, some of them are an hour or more long, really great detail. I sort of took (what I thought was) the best ideas from 4 or 5 craftsmen. Write questions down as you go then research the answers. Even then after your first wallet you'll prob decide to do it slightly different next time lol (or is that just me!) 

Also put wallet into the forum search bar here and click on each one. You will see all the problems people have had and there solutions and also find templates etc. 

If you haven't got the patience to do the research you may find you wont have the patience to do leatherwork as it's very slow and there is zero room for errors so you have to be totally focused.  I've not long started and I'm struggling a bit as I'm always reaching for perfection, my mistakes have been due to trying to run before i can walk kind of thing. I guess if you find it quick and easy you might be doing it wrong! take your time - experiment - waste a few pieces of leather.