ke6cvh Report post Posted April 18, 2021 Hello group, I have a Pfaff 335 clone and was trying to figure out if it is the large or small bobbin to order more than the one it was sold with. That part is easy enough I think and I'll figure it out for certain. I saw another post on 335's and their clones and a gent in Netherlands posted about taking a course on bag making. Wow, that sounds great. Is there books on bag making tricks and techniques with projects or a course in English? Please let me know if you have any info. regarding that. Advanced thanks and best regards, Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisash Report post Posted April 18, 2021 You may find some basic courses locally as in the UK there are some running for between 1 to 5 days though quite expensive, most people i think use YouTube as a good learning aid with lots of great videos, one that covers many beginners questions is https://www.youtube.com/c/JHLeather/videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billybopp Report post Posted April 18, 2021 Look for Arthur Porter on YouTube for bag making tutorials. There are also a number of books available. - Bill Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toxo Report post Posted April 18, 2021 These are fairly easy even for a beginner and he does a video tutorial for every pattern. https://www.leather-patterns.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JHLeatherwood Report post Posted April 23, 2021 On 4/18/2021 at 8:50 AM, toxo said: These are fairly easy even for a beginner and he does a video tutorial for every pattern. https://www.leather-patterns.com/ Tony See (dieselpunk.ro) makes fantastic patterns, and even better videos. But ALL he does is hand-sewing, with 1mm round hole punches and (he recommends) 0.8mm thread. I've learned a TON from his videos, and have made many of his patterns, but I don't think they'd adapt well to using the 335 that OP mentioned. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toxo Report post Posted April 23, 2021 8 hours ago, JHLeatherwood said: Tony See (dieselpunk.ro) makes fantastic patterns, and even better videos. But ALL he does is hand-sewing, with 1mm round hole punches and (he recommends) 0.8mm thread. I've learned a TON from his videos, and have made many of his patterns, but I don't think they'd adapt well to using the 335 that OP mentioned. I have an Adler 69 which is virtually the same thing. I've done a couple of Tonys patterns with it with no problems. Don't try it with patterns with curves though unless you really know what you're doing. The hand stitching is what pulls the two parts together to form the curve so with a machine you would have to manually keep moving the two parts around the curve every couple of stitches. The machine does save a lot of time where the parts are flat though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisash Report post Posted April 23, 2021 I have been into making ladies bags over last few months using chrome leather and patterned fabric and found quite a few sites that sell patterns and instructions all that can use industrial or many domestic machines, this YouTube page will give you some ideas even if the lady gets a bit boring https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7tkgpu9sn37sjWHRmERi0g and a bag design site is https://shamballabags.com/en/15-patterns-in-english Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
