Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags
Sewing with the Saddle Stitch 2
A course by Beth Dow , Leather Goods Maker
About the video: Sewing with the Saddle Stitch 2
Overview
“With the thread waxed and measured, I will now show you how to stitch the leather. You will see how to anchor the thread, before learning the step-by-step choreography to successfully execute the saddle stitch. ”
In this video lesson Beth Dow addresses the topic: Sewing with the Saddle Stitch 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags. Learn how to handcraft original handbags with unique textures from scratch using vegetable-tanned hide and the two-needle stitch.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Sewing with the Saddle Stitch Now I'll show you how to secure the leather so we can prepare for sewing. There's a lot we need to do here. If you don't have something to hold your leather, that's completely fine. You can hold it in your hands and your hands will figure out what they need to do to keep your leather secure as you sew. If you do have something to place it in, it makes it a whole lot easier. I'm using a contraption called a clam and there are other things you can get, the stitching ponies or anything that will hold it secure. If you're working on a large piece of leather that ...”
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Course summary for: Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags
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Category
Craft, Fashion -
Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Fashion Design, Sewing
Beth Dow
A course by Beth Dow
Beth Dow is a multidisciplinary visual artist, photographer and craftswoman who splits her time between digital and physical works of art from her studio in Minneapolis. She has a Masters of Fine Art in Photography.
Beth has taught leatherwork at the Penland School of Crafts and North House Folk School, and she also teaches photography and leatherwork at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul. She sells hand-made goods through her shop, Fieldwork Goods. Beth’s photography has been shown in several museum collections and exhibitions across the US and China.
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