Great write up. Wish I was brave enough to try leather. The bag is awesome and turned out fantastic.
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I was thinking about this as I was busily stitching away. I remember @geek2nurse making a comment about this when she was stitching her plague doctor mask together (I think that was it) that her fingers ended up feeling like claws. I had no problems at all, so I think that might be because I measured the actual size of the needle to make the hole sizes…and if your holes aren’t too small, they won’t make stitching so difficult.
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wow that is amazing.
I have been trying to get my daughters to wrap their heads around what they could do with Beamer. This might be just the trick!
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It wasn’t the needles so much as holding the leather pieces together while I stitched flat pieces into curved shapes. It made my hands all crampy after a while!
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Ah…OK. I understand…I get it. I had some of that to deal with as well…the body of this bag is curved along the bottom…the gussets are not. Even though a stitching pony was a big help, I did indeed become a contortionist trying to sew those parts together…and it was the most difficult part of the entire assembly.
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Exceptional! So happy for you to complete such an awesome project! It looks awesome!!!
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It’s beautiful! So many intricate little details 
If you have a sewing machine - keep in mind that (with some testing) you can set the length of your stitch to match the holes and use the machine to sew the large seams - you’ll still have to hand stitch to get the tight corners and the like but it can save you a bunch of time. With an all metal machine you can do it straight through the leather, but it’s tough on the workings!
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Thank you…and thanks for the tips…always appreciated. Surprisingly, it didn’t take as long as I thought it might to hand stitch the entire thing. And, except for the ‘contortionist’ parts, I quite enjoyed doing it. I have what seems like all the time in the world…being isolated, being retired and all.
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NIce job! The purse is top notch!
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I love it. Almost makes me want to try leather. Almost.
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Doooo iiiiit!
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