How to Hand Stitch Leather - Saddle Stitch - Modern Style - Tutorial Part 3
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- With the internet littered with misinformation on this topic, here you will find a tried and tested technique, one I teach my students, that will elevate any item made with quality stitching.
It is a huge video, three hours!! so it has been broken down into three parts.
This is part 3.
For more I information on what I teach, visit www.secretsfromtheworkshop.com
After binging all 4 videos, I'm pretty sure this technique will be in my dreams tonight! 😂😊
This video helped me understand why the back side of my projects was looking like a straight stitch rather than that nice slanted saddle stitch. Thank you
Thanks Nigel. Best video I’ve seen in this topic. 👍🏻😎 ps. Love the waffle - it’s all good!
I evaluate teachers for a living. You sir, are excellent! Having said that, I think I need a couple more hours.
Best 3 hours of instruction on saddle stitching. Thank you for your time! I can't wait to see more.
Glad it was helpful!
I think I have watched all of your stitching videos and I was doing a decent stitch. But occasionally not doing as well as I thought I should have. After watching all 3 videos in this series, I now understand why my stitching went wrong. I think I will be much more consistent now. Thank you so much. And yes, I would love to see an extended video on pricking multiple pieces of leather for sheath making. I do struggle with that. Thank you for taking the time to do this long series. I know your time is money. Thank you for making me a better leatherworker.
Great video series! These stitching lessons are great!
I threw a psyche at myself wondering why one side is beautifully slanted and the other side looked miserable and somewhat just straight… now i know I’ve been casting it wrong, thank you. Excellent video, and a great voice you have 👍🏻
Well done if you have already watched the first two comprehensive videos. So much information in all
three, but they do need to be watched in order and in full, for context.
Agreed! I have worked so hard at "perfecting" my methods of saddle-stitching, sometimes adding or modifying part of my movements, and other times changing the position in which I hold the leather or my stance. I even bought a new stitching pony which I have yet to set up as I have been using the "freehand" style of stitching which I picked up from Corter Leather and have been quite comfortable using for the past year or more. But I am of the opinion now, after "binge" watching all 3 of your most recent videos in one morning and a small pot of coffee, that it is time to completely rethink my entire stitching techniques! I am a person who is open to change in most anything I attempt to do, and I now understand not only the steps but the REASONS behind those steps regardless to what has been the norm for me in the past. As I work with smaller and smaller items in my inventory, watchbands, key fobs, thinner and thinner thicknesses of leather from leaning more toward some of the exotic leathers available, I find that it is becoming more and more difficult to hold/handle the items during the stitching process. It's time I overhaul my methods and you have given me the impetus to change my outlook on the whole process of stitching entirely. I still have some trouble working with heavier leathers used in weapons holsters and knife sheaths and the like and this may be of optimal help to me to keep the backside of my stitching lined up properly.
I want to thank you for your simple and clearly defined reasoning for "why" this or that is done! Now I must get out to the shop and finish up on a lined kangaroo bifold with an exotic Asian water snakeskin exterior, [followed by mounting that stitching pony on my bench to fit my stance].
Your method of teaching is always superb Nigel, you don't just show us how to do it, you also explain why we do it, and that makes all the difference. Thank you!
Thank you also for for making this available on YT and I look forward to your future videos.
Wow! three hours of absolutely fantastic learning. I'm new to leather work, and I'm left handed, so to have someone be able to teach so clearly was amazing. Seeing it demonstrated in such exacting detail furthered my education immensely. Thank you and I look forward to your next lessons.
Secrets from the master indeed!
This really puts it all into place and fits well, a lot of missing gaps from the other guys and gals online making videos.
Cheers Nige!
Wow, thanks for the indepth information on saddlestitching. Clear and calm manor of explaning each step, very good visuals while stitching. Been stitching like so, just hadn't all the detailed info on every step.
Enjoyed each part watching and letting it sink in.
Defenitely going to come in for a live course with you Nigel! Is on my Bucket list. 😉
There have been several moments in this series that have clicked in my brain. Adaptive stitching to fit the diamond and cast will hopefully make my work may more consistent. Thank you
Thank you for the best leather stitching on youtube!👏
A true Masterclass. I have followed Nigel’s TH-cam since I started leatherwork over a decade ago following a week long course with David May. With these latest 3 videos I see all the factors that have contributed to the less than perfect results I achieve. I have learnt that every choice, decision and action I take impacts the quality of my leatherwork.
Thank you Nigel for generously sharing your experience through your excellent videos.
I just want to say thank you for taking the time and effort to share your wisdom and experience with us and for having the patience to explain why you do things the way you do. That makes all the difference because understanding the why is the difference between just extra steps and an essential step in the process necessary to achieve the goal of a stitch we can be proud to have made! Thank you from Alabama USA!!
Have to say that I learnt so much from this series of videos. Explained so well and easy to follow. Well done and thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, much appreciated 😊
Thank you for what I think is the definitive series of videos on the saddle stitch. Your clear explanation of not only how, but why, to stitch in this manner really clarified the concepts for me. I cannot wait to put your instruction in practice. Thank you sir.
I am sure the penny will drop for many beginners. Some of your finest work Nigel!
I have made two knife slips before finding this content. I am excited to try again after I get some higher quality material. Thank you for the excellent instruction.
I have to say a very big thank you that put time end effort to produce those videos. As you mentions in part one, there are tons of videos out on YT about saddle stitching. Your series is the very first one explaining the why's in detail.
I started to doe leather work as a side on making knives. My effort is still knife cheats but examined into small leather items. Your first videos thought me saddle stitching but again this series is the icing on the cake.
Also thank you very much for the thread length calculator.
Hello from Montreal Canada! I have recently discovered i have a huge passion for leathercraft. 54 years old and i am just finding out how i love and appreciate the craft. i cant begin to tell you how many TH-cam videos I've watched over the past 6 months. There is a lot of talent out there. That being said, i am so happy that i have never purchased any leather, or any tools. I watched your 3 part lessons and i have found them absolutely wonderful. Your teaching is just perfect! i learnt so much from this 3 part series and i will be using you beautiful updated stitching. i am so encouraged and motivated as well as much more confident in where to start and how to properly begin this exciting journey. Thank you! Your style of teaching is the icing on the cake!!
Mike
Or…the jam in the sandwich!
I must say, all of the things and problems I have been struggling with have been addressed in these videos. your help and wisdom are invaluable. Thank you so much for putting this together.
Thanks for these videos! A few weeks ago I was very confused about how to get consistent slants on both sides when stitching with different directions, handedness, and how casting factored into all of that. Definitely not helped by random internet commenters talking about how casting is needed for strength and to "find out what works for you". I did a bunch of experimentation without really understanding, but turns out there is a systematic method! I understand the mechanics much better now.
Thank you so much. I don't have anyone local to learn from and this answered so many questions on my consistentacy.
Thank you very much for your precious courses, you are the best teacher i ever find, thanks again Sir.
Great video, detailed information!
Working on a belt i will use these techniques i have learned from this video. Thank you for sharing Sir.
Congratulations, Nigel. You couldn't have done it any better. Thanks
Excellent. Great Information. Well Shot. Well Edited. Many thanks.
Thank you for helping me clarify more about angles and simplifying some of these things. I never switch any of my work with the opposite hand but you helped with see why you don't cast and when you do. And I do sometimes stitch the opposite way away from me.
Superb stitching tutorial and detail, thank you!
This answered a lot for me thanks so much. Yes I would like to see a video like you talked about.
Great video!!!
Just watched all 3 videos, thanks so much for posting. I'm new to leathercrafting and I have watched so many you tube videos trying to understand the tools ect. Sometimes I come away more confused. Your videos are so well explained. I am so grateful for you taking the time to share your skills and teach in a clear manor. I went away with a better understanding and less confused. I am still looking for a video that really explains well the different types of leather, I.E. Veg, chrome and oil tan. I still find that confusing. Cheers mate and thanks so much.
EXCELLENT! Even if I wasn't interested in leatherwork (I have just started - made one folding-knife sheath) I would watch your videos simply to enjoy your wonderful teaching style. It's so refreshing to see someone teach the reasoning behind a methind and not simply say, "do it this way".
There is no way I could absorb everything you said in one viewing, so the series is bookmarked and I'll be watching it multiple times.
A very mundane question, if I may. The block you used to rest the leather on when punching through the leather in the third video looks to be extremely heavy and robust, yet it is soft enough to not damage the pricking irons. What is is made of? Have you laminated two materials together?
Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge.
Boy lots to practice here to do much better than I have. I’m a lefty but can do either priority I think. A big part is getting the better action the face side. I’ve not known what was causing me problems and now I see. Well pretty much. I have to study what side my face side should be on, which way the whole slant, and whether I should do left or right hand priority to get, at least my face stitch, proper.
You have been paying attention! 😊
@@samg8822 sorry about the many typos
Great series of vids,despite having read your book over and over I have picked up some new tips…especially marking gently all holes before committing to making them. Also the fact that you need top quality leather to learn by your mistakes.
I would like to see a vid on how to not mess up your project on the bench etc. especially if you mark or dent the leather,how to try and make it back to how it was. ESPECIALLY SMALL DENTS! Can I get the dents out?
Thank you. Tim.
This is just amazing teaching, kudos!
eres un maquina mi pena es no saber hablar en Ingles rendo que estar leyendo y al mismo tiempo ver el video pero de todos modos muchas graias eres el mejor bendiciones gracias
LOVE this! This is the one video that finally taught me how to get a nice, angled front (for some reason, my previous attempts got me an angled back, but not an angled front, despite casting). With the punch-from-one-side and tug, I finally got both. Now, I wonder: Can this be combined with switched sides? I normally (somehow due to how I learned, I guess) prefer left-first, so I wonder if the tug-on-the-back can be combined with your previous instruction on switching sides in between - still need to wrap my head around WHAT exactly (other than just looking at it) defines the situation in which to cast and when not to cast... You mentioned around mid-way that lefties would turn the leather around at this point, but that didn't quite work for me. Thanks for any help!
Please find time to rewatch the videos as all the answers to your queries are there. So much information is given in this series, it would be unwise to think that all of it took root with the first watch.
Really helpful, thanks a lot.
I’m 3 weeks into leathercraft & quickly focused in on NA videos for their expertise & thoughtful detailed approaches. I very much appreciate your videos & other resources. Note I drool over your tool roll & hope to make this, perhaps next year when I have the basics down. Do you offer a pattern for this? I’m particularly interested in the way you do your straps & latching mechanism on them.
Thanks for the videos,really helped
Hi. Great videos. Tiger thread comes in .6mm, .8mm and 1mm. How do they equate to 3, 4 and 5 cord linen thread in thickness and sutitability?
Dear Nigel, thank you for last 3 videos about stitching. Is there any explanation and reasons for sewing towards the body and not away from the body? Why is sewing towards the body more advantageous or better? Thank you
I’m certain this is mentioned in the series but briefly, if it is possible to stitch towards you it helps consistency as fatigue sets in over long stitch runs.
Big thanks for these awesome videos.
I have a question. Should I care about piercing the thread of already seated but slightly loosened stitches when doing backstitch? Is it possible to avoid it?
Nigel says, it’s not always possible to avoid , but ensuring the stitches are tensioned before making the backstitches should help.
Have you done anything on other types of stitching, such as baseball stitch, corset stitch or butt stitching for examples?
Thank you! Top notch instructions as always.
Is this technique adoptable for box stitching as well. (With proper angles for cuts and pricking irons).
And when do you need reversed pricking irons?
Box stitching uses similar stitching styles but there is a whole lot more to be aware of when learning to make boxes from leather. Nigel is planning to add to this series and will cover reverse irons and other stitching techniques too.
Very good but can you explain from the start ie … left and right needle etc ?
I do, that is what Videos 1 and 2 cover.
Can you discuss saddlery as well?
In short, no.
Firstly, I am a Leatherworker, Saddlery is not Leatherwork. I haven't done any saddlery since collage in the 80's, and secondly, TH-cam is not the place to learn. Saddlery carries a large liability and is required to be done by a qualified professional to mitigate that liability.
If you want to learn saddlery, you need to take appropriate training from qualified instructors at either Cable Manor: www.capel.ac.uk/courses/saddlery-apply/ or the Walsall Leather Skills Centre: walsall-leather.org
Saddlery is not a hobby craft to learn from TH-cam.
This may seem an overly direct answer to you question, but I feel a direct answer would help to be clear on this topic, especially since I make mention of this in the videos.
Getting something wrong on equipment someone may trust their safety with is a big problem, getting something wrong on a handbag, not so much.
Hope that helps.
Nigel
Am I seeing things cause the slant of the holes is different from side to side. Right?
Please see reply to one of your other comments.
I saddle stitch differently.... I put both needle points into the hole, one on top and one on bottom, and pull the needles out one at a time (so it doesn't stretch the hole out) I find it gives me a perfect looking stitch. Does anyone else do it this way? Is there a potential problem doing it this way? Just curious.
Putting both needles in the hole at the same time is a Cobblers Stitch, is there an issue with doing this? Absolutely not, if you are achieving a good stitch, don't fix it.
This is more for those starting out or struggling with the concept.
@@ArmitageLeather I switched to your method, and it's much nicer looking. It doesn't stretch out the hole and deform it as much. Thank you!
will it be different if I casted on the other side of the project?
Please watch the whole series and then go back and watch again. There is so much information that it would be impossible to take it in and retain it in one go. If I give you a yes or no answer to that question out of context you won’t actually know why, but if you go back and learn about casting thoroughly you won’t need to ask the question.
@ArmitageLeather Hi nigel just a quick question i am sure you mentioned something about water blisters on one of your recent videos but i cant seem to find it now .i had a few water blisters on a pouch made from sedjwicks 1900s collection leather not near the stitching what would the best way to treat the leather before a project .Thanks
Nigel says, If you suspect that your leather may be dry and therefore susceptible to moisture, a good rub with Canuba cream will help to prevent that.
@@samg8822 ok Thankyou
Can anyone recommend the most suitable size of pricking irons for smaller items such as wallets and keychains? I'm new to this craft and would appreciate some guidance before making a potentially incorrect and expensive purchase.
The last 7spi he recommended will work perfectly for wallets.
Thank you for your help@@warofwrath
I'm using a 3.38 chisels, with 0.6mm thread, and the seam looks invisible for some reason, is it the leather, thread or the width of the stitching holes? what are the variables here?
Have you watched the whole of this series? A lot of information on how the different choices you mention affect the outcome of your work.
will do, thanks a lot @@samg8822
Thank you for the reply.most leatherwork vlogers never give the details of the materials , tools and thread they used for a specific project in the video.size of thread and preaking iron is very important in leathet stitching.
Will do, thanks.@@samg8822
Ok I’ve never had anyone mention pricking a two layer project separately to get a proper stitch. I’m not sure how that is done accurately.
If you watch the whole series, that information will be put in context and will make perfect sense.
@@samg8822 Will do. In fact I’ll be watching the whole series a few times to gather in what I can in order to build a foundation on. Lots here. Many thanks.
What is the size of your stiching iron and thread? Thank you.
All this info is included in the videos. 😊
@@samg8822 size of thread and preaking iron is not detaild in the video. I can not guess the kind and size by viewing only. Pls be specific.i new nothing from your video.
Meddle and thread size, and brand of thread please.
Please see long reply to one of you other comments.
The irony is when you do a perfect stitch the error is way more visible.