I am trying piping a round bag and am new to this.
I wanted the advice of all those who are aware of this.
Do you’ll use any cord when doing a piping? If you do, do you’ll use a plastic cord, foam cord or a 3-4 mil rope, or don’t use anything at all and just fold the leather .
I normally do small bags which won’t be larger than 20 cm.
What is your advice on applying and stitching the piping neatly as you cannot really see the piping side until it is done and stitching thru layers is hard.
Hi Sam, I’ve had failures and successes with piping. Here’s my current process.
I cut the width of piping with a little excess width for trimming. For example, if piping width is 3.5 cm, I will cut piece 4 cm. I skive leather down to about 1 mm. Thinner leather goes around curve smoother.
I use paracord inside piping. Nice size, easy to find, cheap. I mark center of piping, glue everything up and use bone folder to push leather tight around paracord. Next I trim piping so I have a clean, consistent piece of piping.
I glue piping to gusset. I sometimes stitch the piping to the gusset to hold it in place. It depends on how big, how tight the curve, whether leather holds nicely when glued, etc.
For me, this step changes based on leather thickness and so other factor. If leather is thicker, I punch holes in gusset/piping piece, I punch holes in body and then line them up and stitch. If leather is thinner, you can more easily feel the piping and get your stitches where they need to be. I glue the body to the gusset/piping piece, punch holes and stitch away.
I use higher stitches per inch when I sew piping.
If I’m lining, I roughly true up edges because they won’t be seen. If you will be able to see the seams, then I go through the truing, sanding, painting process.
Let me know if you have any questions. I take lots of pictures so I can remember what I did and I’m happy to shar.
@Fadi Thanks for sharing your personal opinion. I take no offense at all .
Like you mentioned people have different ways of approaching things.
I do realize this is not Quora. But searching for answers has helped me a lot . I don’t think there is any thing wrong in asking your questions in any forum, and am not worried if anyone even realizes I asked my question on any platform.
The internet is a place to learn and ask.
Many a times you don’t get a response straight away. Sometimes it takes time. Eventually you find your answer some where on the net !
For example If I do not get an answer here I get it else where.
Just like I got my answer on embossing leather with some tips from @olena.wills and from 2 YouTube clips and then shared it on the thread , just Incase someone needs it.
As you mentioned probably you have a different way of doing things and prefer learning from more self errors...
I prefer the *minimal*error method.
I already researched,thought and even made the bag, thru research online,and finding a YouTube clip that does upholstery. I was just wanting some assistance from someone who has done it a different way, that’s it .
I am just the type who keeps searching until I find, so instead of making an error twice , I can minimize it to one time .
For those who are interested in piping here are some other few links I found recently and some older:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/Leathercraft/comments/7jufxn/how_to_do_piping_on_bag_edges/
This is from one of my favorite humble masters I came across on YouTube without any cord inside:
https://youtu.be/3oD4BU1tmds
Here is a one done for upholstery, but teaches you where to cut and join it in the ends:
https://youtu.be/IVbqjQP9H1Y
and ofcourse the link which @olena.wills provided above !
Once I try piping the second time I can give my own experience on it.
Enjoy!These for now !
@Sam The tight budget conundrum! We've all be there mate.
I will not answer your question, because I have never done piping, I have read and watched video, and that's it. So it can't honestly be of much help.
I will tell you however what you did wrong, in my not so humble opinion (sorry If i will be a bit of a d*$& to you):
Instead of copy/pasting the same questions you asked on another forum to which you got not answer (Surprise! Just like in Men In Black, Alien life on earth is monitored and we know everything about you...), you should have told us "Guys, I tried this method and I don't like how it came out, these are some pictures. I think I might need help, can someone please point me in the right direction".
At this stage, all of us would have rushed to the GARO19 (Great Alien Rescue Of 2019) and helped you out as much as humanly possible (get the pun).
What we are trying to build here is not a "Quora Like" forum. We want members to think, to research on their own, and then come here if they need help. And if Humans can do it, Aliens can do it (#we_are_all_equals) . Also, I am sure you know this, when you find the answer on your own, you get way better results and satisfaction than if someone hands it out to you.
To finish, I know how frustrating it is when starting any craft and not being able to do something as nicely or as good as you want or see on the web, believe me I know. But quick handouts answers is not the solution. Neither for you nor us.
P.S: Remember, this is my personal opinion, no one else's (for now...)
I would be very interested in seeing you use all three of the examples you mentioned, taking pictures and posting your results and thoughts on the forum. That would be a fantastic contribution.