Sewing Help anyone?

[Wisper]

I need to sew some buttons on a leather jacket......do i just use a normal needle & thread or do i need somthing special?

[PantyFanatic]

Awl, 2 x 4, dental floss, blanket needle and a flat button on the inside.
(That bastard won’t come off again)



This is the sum total of my seamstress skills. ;)

[LixyChick]

Geezzzzzz PF! Is there anything you don't know? LOL! I would have said the exact same thing.....well almost anyway! Are you a serviceman? Or, do just tell me how the hell you knew that info!!!!

*Seamstress here.......in awe of PF!*

[dzbuster]

damn and i tried everything. hitting it, threatening it, spitting at it. nothing worked now i know how

[Irish]

At one time,making things,out of leather,was my hobby.(Truckers/
Bikers Wallets,etc)Pantyfanatic is right.An added plus is that the button on the inside,will help the leather from ripping! Irish
P.S.Hint:When getting a hide for a bike seat,etc,try to get a european one.They don't use barbed wire there and the leather
will be Scar free.If anyone wants to buy any leather working tools.
They have them at "Tandy".Also a catalog.

[LixyChick]

Great suggestions Irish! I work with hides all day and I know the woes of barbed wire scars. But do know this........European hides have more hair holes and bug holes. You won't see this till it is stretched (either over a frame or seat or something).

So another word of advice when working with leather.....(a new hide)........Stretch it to it's limits to find ALL the flaws and do it under a really good light or out in the sunlight! Cows itch and when they do they scratch themselves on ANYTHING convienient! Barbed wire is the norm in the U.S, but they'll scratch on ANYTHING! If you can't get 5 parts to one pattern in one hide......reject it! Also, some hide manufactureres/tanners are better than others in the chemicals they use and so some hides will be "drier and less pliable" than others! Some cows are more bug ladden and itchier than others. Sounds crazy, I know, but tis true!

So PF...........answer my previous question hun.......or PM with the details.....I am sooooooooo curious!

BTW.....A little F.Y.I here...........Ya know that "leather smell" you so love when you smell "new" leather? It's an additive! Hides stink naturally! Some smell like cat piss! The smell you love in stores????? It's added! Sorry to burst your bubbles!