Ripped Lacing Holes

[CrazyC]

Hey, guys!  I took a rather simple job relacing an older leather Nocona wallet. Unfortunately, I did not discover until I started pulling the old lacing off that two of the holes ripped into one big one in the fold. I assessed the construction thinking I could glue a small leather patch to the inside, punch the holes, and be ok. Unfortunately, Nocona has a lining (polyester?) sewn into the wallet.  I would have to cut that liner out, patch, and attempt to hand sew the lining back in place.  Is there ANY other option I haven’t seen? If not, could this be ok to not have a repair and just lace right through it?  When the wallet is shut, you can still clearly see 2 holes  I had to pull it apart for the attached photo  

I’m really new at this, so I barely charged over the cost of materials making it clear that I have never done lacing before and am a novice at leathercraft in general. 

[fredk]

Is that line of stitching by your finger-tip the stitching for the lining?

If it is, I would cut that stitching with a scalpel, just enough to slip a leather repair patch in past, then use fine thread to re-sew the lining. I would make the repair patch from about 3 holes to the right thru to about 6 holes to the left of the ripped double

[CrazyC]

Fantastic, Fred!  That is, in fact, the stitch holding the lining. I had almost talked myself into that very thing but was too nervous to start. Thank you for being so specific with distances. My patch would not have been that big. I have some 2oz stuff on hand that should work just fine for that task. 

Thanks!

[CrazyC]

Fred: wanted to let you know that worked perfectly. I thinned that 2 ounce so it wasn’t bulky in that fold, and it went together so well the customer wouldn’t have known had I not said anything. Thanks, again!

[fredk]

Thank you for letting me know. I'm pleased to hear that it all worked out fine for you

I hope you'll hang around this 'ere forum now and we'll see some of your work in the future

[CrazyC]

Fred, I’m working on my first belt now. It doesn’t look professional, but I can’t wait to show it off. It’s a hair inlay with oak tooling for my husband. I’d give you a little sneak peak, but it keeps saying my picture is too large. I’m not a techie, so...

[jimi]

Right click on picture-Edit-resize-pixels   example are 2233 then downsize to 900. hope this helps.

[CrazyC]

It would have helped on a computer. I’m on my phone, so I just cropped it. 

[fredk]

a. do a search on here. there is somat about sending your photo to yourself via the phone and that resizes it to a size for pasting it here. I can't tell you more cos I use a photo-editing proggy to resize photos/

b. your thread looks a wee bit too small for the holes and are you waxing it enough?

[CrazyC]

I bought the wrong thread. I had to split it to get it through my needle!  It is pre-waxed with something (maybe paraffin?). I agree that the hole/thread size looks wrong.  As I started pulling the thread tight, it really showed how little that thread was compared to the copious wax that was used on it.  

I bought a beginner set from Tandy with 3mm diamond chisels. The thread they sent with it was even smaller than this white stuff. I can’t wrap my head around these thread, chisel, and needle numbers without holding them in my hands. Right now I can’t get different sized chisels, so trial and error with thread is the best I can do. Any suggestions there on brand, size, etc?  These needles have little holes, but I don’t know what size they are. They just came with the Tandy kit...no label.