Members DocHoliday1882 Posted April 19, 2018 Members Report Posted April 19, 2018 A friend of mine asked me to replicate this Greek key pattern on his belt for a new hat band. I've been working with the pattern for a while now with little success. Problems are: 1) replicating stitch width to create pattern (left to right distance when looking at the photo) - all of the patterns I've tried are way too wide so it looks like random stitching versus a pattern, and 2) leather tearing out between stitching - when I do get the holes close enough to resemble the pattern then it tears out as one piece. Anyone done something like this? Any tips are greatly appreciated. Quote
Members charon Posted April 19, 2018 Members Report Posted April 19, 2018 Tool it - don‘t stitch it, since the stitching here is purely decorative. Stitching something like this takes ages... You can color the tooling in the desired color if you want... Quote
Members Wuppie Posted April 19, 2018 Members Report Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) What about making horizontal cuts and wrap the thread tightly against each other. Maybe you can use a second piece of leather as a backing to stiffen the belt a bit. Edited April 19, 2018 by Wuppie Quote
Members jimi Posted April 19, 2018 Members Report Posted April 19, 2018 I agree with alexfj, the waviness on the top and bottom edge indicates cuts. Quote
Members chrisash Posted April 19, 2018 Members Report Posted April 19, 2018 A hat band will be to light leather to be able to cut, as it would just distort Maybe a clever use of stamps would work as they only need the design pattern and not a copy of how it was done previously, I would suggest a stamp made by 3D printing to the size you require, I did see something on YouTube about someone doing this, and although the plastic stamps don't last as long as metal ones, they should last long enough to complete this product and a few more and be minimal cost if you know someone with a 3D printer Quote Mi omputer is ot ood at speeling , it's not me
Members DocHoliday1882 Posted April 19, 2018 Author Members Report Posted April 19, 2018 Thanks @charon @Wuppie @AlexFJ @jimi @chrisash for ya'lls replies. I like the idea of the cuts - I'll try it with some thicker leather. Even with a pricking iron the leather was distorting. Sounds like tooling or 3D printing a stamp may be the way to go. I'll try it out and post results if they're worth a darn. Thanks again! Quote
Members charon Posted April 19, 2018 Members Report Posted April 19, 2018 Post them even if they‘re not, no one‘s gonna single you because it‘s not like it‘s made by machine. We all learn from each other and I appreciate the critique as much as the kind words here Quote
Members chrisash Posted April 20, 2018 Members Report Posted April 20, 2018 Full details of the 3D printing of the stamp and usage would probably be of great interest to many Good luck and maybe do a new belt to match Quote Mi omputer is ot ood at speeling , it's not me
Members bullmoosepaddles Posted April 20, 2018 Members Report Posted April 20, 2018 On something as small as a hat band. How about using a course hair blade to make the texture and then paint or die for the proper color? Quote
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