Gosh - and for all these years I've fooled myself into thinking all I needed was some linen thread, two needles, beeswax, an awl and a bit of an old pine plank to push the awl down into.
How could I have gone on for so long without the aid of a 'stitching groover' or an 'overstitch wheel'? Why have I never found the need to use rubber cement or (wait for it) - a 'stitching pony' so I too could push holes in leather as it slid away from me across the table on its 'pony', instead of pushing down through the leather onto a stationary pine plank in such a utilitarian fashion?
Oh how I have clearly erred -to have been using such second rate techniques for all these years and thus shaming myself. Would that I could do so much better in the future than those poultry and untutored efforts which until now have been my lot. :oops:
Oh, look below and witness my shame. If only I had known how to sew leather properly ...
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