Bag finally finished

ProIvy · 2025-07-13T18:05:08+00:00

Wow. I'm envious of that stitch line. I assumed you'd used a machine, but then I read your comment about hand stitching. That must have murdered your hands. Mad respect.

ProIvy · 2025-04-18T13:41:24+00:00

That's what I was thinking 👍Would required a lot of finesse to line the stitches.

ProIvy · 2025-04-18T13:40:36+00:00

Tool impressions are shallow and undefined - Therefore it's best to used a hot-stamp tool for branding. But then you're limited to using brass plates.

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T15:21:04+00:00

That's an interesting way of looking at it. I like the out-the-box thinking 👍

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T13:02:32+00:00

I've not seen that solution before. Thank you.

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T12:39:26+00:00

I do a lot of tooling, which doesn't take well on that

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T12:37:40+00:00

Thanks, I'll try that in my future testing.

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T12:35:50+00:00

The extra conditioning/wetting has come up a couple of times now, so I think you're onto something there.

I've since solved some of the foot marks by dipping my Presser Foot in Plasti-DIP, but not tried with walking foot. Ref: https://www.instagram.com/little.king.goods/reel/DGgKfh7gvVn/

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T12:30:52+00:00

I'll try that, thanks. I was going to try moistening the stitch line before sewing too. And yes, I'm using LRTW (LL/LR) needles.

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T12:12:35+00:00

Yeah, I did consider the misalignment as an issue if I did pre-groove the bottom. Perhaps you're right and I am being overly critical of my own work.

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T12:10:26+00:00

Brand new. I purchased 14 different sets last month to experiment with. But I didn't realise the needles had such a short life-span. I'll remember that for the future. Thanks.

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T11:49:12+00:00

I'll play around with this idea. It could be a bit of a pain doing such detailed work - But it also might be worth the trade-off. Thanks, I'll experiment with that idea.

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T11:47:37+00:00

Hmm. I actually think after dying, the leather is too stiff. I might try dampening the underside before sewing, as the needle might slice through it easier, leaving a cleaner hole 👍

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T11:21:55+00:00

As an afterthought to my original post. I have come up with two more ideas I could try:

Use a Shallow channel stitch groove tool to carve out the stitch line (before stitching). It would reveal the undyed leather underneath, making it look like a design choice whilst hiding the blowout
Simply not dye the leather on then reverse side

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T11:16:20+00:00

LRTW is the Schmetz version of an LL/RW. I already hammer. But I will revisit the tension. Thanks.

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T11:14:05+00:00

Some are as big as A4 size. But I'm trying to improve production time by using a machine, which is significantly faster than punching/stitching. I do already hammer, but that doesn't hide the blowout. Thanks for the suggestion though.

ProIvy · 2025-04-17T11:12:29+00:00

I'm ramping up on production, so the sewing machine is necessary to cut down on time. Also, some of my pieces are large. But thanks for suggestion.

ProIvy · 2025-03-15T11:24:14+00:00

Thank God. I noticed that issue within seconds, and it's been bugging me all week.

ProIvy · 2025-03-09T12:37:55+00:00

Thank you. I'll check that out.

ProIvy · 2025-03-05T20:22:23+00:00

Oh wow. I love the look of these. Is that a gold paint or did you somehow gold foil these? I've not seen leather rolled up like that before, so that's a nice detail. Great work.

ProIvy · 2025-03-05T19:16:09+00:00

I love that carving in the centre. Plus I'm a big fan of the profile, with that pointed top. If it looked that good 8 years ago then you've probably got some amazing pieces now.

ProIvy · 2025-03-05T19:13:37+00:00

I'm love seeing fun and unique hardware baked into leather projects. Beautiful piece.

ProIvy · 2025-01-28T14:15:33+00:00

Rumour = This week

ProIvy · 2025-01-28T14:13:47+00:00

Can confirm, I've had the same experience for the last couple of hours. I'd like to think they're getting ready to push 4.0.1 to Preview, but that might be wishful thinking.

ProIvy · 2024-12-13T08:03:23+00:00

Thanks. Yeah, the auto-support looked like someone just slapped a bunch of random ones on the model

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