MrLentz Report post Posted April 5, 2017 Back before I owned a leather sewing machine I had dreamed up a few designs with the gusset seam as shown below in the photos (not this same bag, but just the seam on it). Once I got my first machine I quickly realized this style of seam did not appear to be possible using a sewing machine. It is not your typical seam, just an overlap of leather. I know it is possible to do this by hand stitching, but I had seen photos of this same bag in brown with what looked like a backtacking that a machine would have done. Is there a way to machine sew this style of seam I am just not thinking of (a patcher could do it possibly, but I have a regular cylinder arm and a flatbed consew)? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuckgaudette Report post Posted April 5, 2017 I've done this seam with a post machine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrLentz Report post Posted April 5, 2017 41 minutes ago, chuckgaudette said: I've done this seam with a post machine Ah yes - because you can rotate the needle direction on those machines. I need to use thicker thread though, but I guess that would be the tradeoff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwight Report post Posted April 5, 2017 My Tippmann Boss would do that with no problem, . . . simply by turning it inside out, . . . using contact cement, . . . and bringing only a few inches of the edges together at a time. I did one similar to it for a wedding gift one time, . . . spent days on the thing, . . . was really proud of it. The bride later gave it away to a Goodwill type shop. May God bless, Dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrLentz Report post Posted April 5, 2017 29 minutes ago, Dwight said: My Tippmann Boss would do that with no problem, . . . simply by turning it inside out, . . . using contact cement, . . . and bringing only a few inches of the edges together at a time. I did one similar to it for a wedding gift one time, . . . spent days on the thing, . . . was really proud of it. The bride later gave it away to a Goodwill type shop. May God bless, Dwight That seems to be a good trick, though it does sound like a lot of work! Sorry to hear they donated yours to a thrift store, where's the decency! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SolarLeatherMachines Report post Posted April 6, 2017 This is usually done with a Bernina industrial post bed roller feed machine. This particular type of has a very close edge margin designed into the machine. It makes these types of seams easy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
