Hand Stitched Leather Furniture
Before we had industrial sewing machines that can practically stitch two pieces of concrete together, hardy craftsmen were quite adept at hand stitching leather upholstery and other durable goods. At the time, they probably only dreamed of a machine that could sew their wares, while today, we’re all coveting the fine look of handcrafted and stitched leather goods. You know when your eye catches something spectacular, you involuntarily do a double take. That’s what happened when I spied these pieces of leather. Just WOW!
Featured Image at the top: Tim Clark Design
For an excellent tutorial on hand stitching thick leather, click here. It’s from a website called Highonglue.com.
And just for fun, here’s a nice little YouTube video tutorial to show you how to stitch leather. Let me warn you that this guy talks a lot. He doesn’t even start the leather work until about 8 minutes in, and the stitching starts at around 13.