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You might be able to use a top stitch or jeans needle. Using a teflon foot also helps alot
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All good tips, but if you don't have or can't buy a Teflon foot, use a strip of wax paper over/under the leather. It really helps to keep the leather from sticking to the sewing machine or the foot. Depends which side is up.
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heaviest duty machine you have, a leather needle (usually a 16 or higher with a special point) and a thicker thread (a poly is suggested as the cotton can fray if the leather is very thick or stiff) and you can't rip stitches out without it showing holes afterward.
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Thanks everyone. I am wondering if I can, if I should do a flat felled seam or would one ordinary seam be strong enough? I do have extra leather so I could try to see if the machine will go through all the layers. Thanks for any extra expertise.
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I suggest to use a flat felled seam. It will still look nice and you won't have the bulk.
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Originally Posted by Kelsie
(Post 8154227)
Darcyshannon I can't watch utube, I sure wish I could but the reception is so poor here that if I do the management of the park will close me down as it takes so much power. Otherwise the entire park will lose its signal. Guess how I know. :D
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I have seen leather needles for sewing machines at JoAnns.
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It depends on the thickness of the leather, but yes, highly recommended to get a leather needle. You often need a point that cuts through the leather since you're not simply poking a hole between woven threads.
https://www.superiorthreads.com/educ...leather-sewing |
Thanks, I will get my leather and hopefully a needle on Tuesday.
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