Lost in the 50's... Red leather wallet

[Riem]

13 hours ago, YinTx said:

Ok, I'm over it.  Here's where it all went wrong.

The liner leather as I mentioned is very soft and flexible, so the leather easily deformed when pressing the awl through, resulting in uneven exit holes and a wretched stitchline on the backside of the stitch, which is the inside of the wallet.  After I noticed it was occurring, I was able to manage it through the rest of the job, but the damage was done.  Of course, zoomed in on a photograph it looks even worse.  But all this to say even after years of hand stitching, I can still manage to screw up a free lunch as they say.

YinTx

Now that's what I call pain... And painful too! Commiserations, YinTx! Recovery usually entails making another, and not getting the shakes as you tackle that stitch line... ;-)

[billybopp]

That sux.   I know how you feel.   This might be a situation to lay it flat and awl into a cork board.   

- Bill

[YinTx]

5 hours ago, Riem said:

Recovery usually entails making another,

Yes indeed, after I picked myself up and dusted myself off, got back on the bike  and did this one:

Did a bit of work skiving around the edges this time, and things came out much much better!

2 hours ago, billybopp said:

That sux.   I know how you feel.   This might be a situation to lay it flat and awl into a cork board.   

- Bill

Yeah, if I had to do that again I would consider your method.  I'll try to design and manage myself out of the situation as much as I can tho!

YinTx

[Retswerb]

Gah, that sucks. 
 

I totally appreciate your presence on this forum, Yin. You’re a model of how to improve. Thanks for showing the successes and the failures.

[YinTx]

17 minutes ago, Retswerb said:

Gah, that sucks. 
 

I totally appreciate your presence on this forum, Yin. You’re a model of how to improve. Thanks for showing the successes and the failures.

Yessir it did! suck, that is.  And if you ever need to see how to wreck it, I'm your guy!  I've learned a lot on here, glad I can share.  I know it can be frustrating to see everyone else's work that looks so perfect, and I tend to forget that they may also only be showing the pretty side of their works!  So if my ugly row of stitching can make anyone feel better about the work they are doing, well then I've had a successful day.  

YinTx