cenobyte

[gorthok]

does anyone know what needles or methods are good to sew leather? or know anyone i can bother with questions on the subject?

O_o *begins his google* o_O

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[arpelia]

There's a woman on my friendslist, fraile , who works with leather a lot. You could ask her? She's gothy and from Seattle on top of that.

[gorthok]

right the fuck on. there's a link to an online store of hers from her profile...

did you seriously just give me a lead on something that's less than a 20 minute bus ride from me from the other god damn side of the continent? sweet!

[arpelia]

That's because I'm great and all-knowing.

Let's Find Out

[batboymaxx]

I have done it, but I think that I probably do it the really hard way (by hand, with those really fat hand-sewing needles that you can get in packs at QFC that aren't actually all that sharp and I think are for tarps or something.) You can do it with a sewing machine if you put the right needle on it. In it. Whatever.

I was kind of wanting the same info, so I'll ask my LJ friends list also; there are some crafty people there.

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[gorthok]

i've found this:

initial findings i'm doing a deeper dive tonite and calling around tomorrow to find if i can find skins around but it may simply be time to modify something in a thrift store with strips of leather and rubber found elsewhere.

bondage d rings and grommets and stuff can be purchased up on 99 at 88th street. there's a store with good gear up there to sew your own camping stuff from scratch.

[ldystardust]

well it depends on the leather and what you want the end result to be. Some supple and relatively thin leather can be sewn pretty much like fabric, usually with needles that are thicker and a little duller than what you would use for cloth.

If you want to work with thicker, tougher leather, it would usually have to be done by hand (unless you have an industrial sewing machine, heheh) and there are tools you can use to punch holes in the leather instead of forcing the needle through by hand.