Sewing Leather

I've given up on leather needles. I just use a new sharp needle (size

16 or 18) and set the stitch length to no more than 6 or 7 stitches per inch. My Kenmore couldn't handle really heavy thread (upholstery thread), but I found that plain old double strength polyester Guttermann thread was fine.

Thank you so much for the helpful information. Sewing leather can be hard. I have to repair the leather masks and thong panties i use in my BD/SM sex games quite often and now maybe they will last longer.

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Swell, now the fool is forging other regulars. I wish I had the ability to killfile based on "@gmail.com".

I have found that leather (and some suedes) can throw off the timing of my machine, so the needle doesn't catch the bobbin thread. I have no problem sewing through canvas and layers of webbing, but give me 2 layers of leather, and nothing happens but holes in the leather. It doesn't even matter what type of leather - old, stiff leather, butter soft leather for pants... it won't sew but 2 or 3 stitches at the beginning, then nothing. My old treadle machine, on the other hand, sews through the stuff like nothing. TTFN Maraviclin

But they are all so predicable and obvious that no-one has trouble figuring out that they are forgeries.

The dope isn't worth your keying time.

hi Kathleen I sew Leather all the time but I use a industry adler to sew with, it may be that you machine is nt strong eknof,,, you can try to ajust the tencion on your foot I would need more info, on what you are trying too do. so that I may help you

Joe lozano