Main Steps
Machine Thread
Braided Thread
End the stitching away from stress areas, you don’t want to end next to straps etc.
Glue- as you do the last stitch put a drop of atom onto the thread so that once you pull tight the glued part will be in the layers of leather or in the sole.
Hide it- poke the end back thru the middle of the layers you just stitched together, as long as it is a tight fit it will stay there. Pull it extra tight then put atom onto the thread and let the thread slide back into the leatherwith the glue on it, trim it off and you are done!
Speedy Stitches (Awl)
Zigzag
Let tension off slightly to stop bottom thread from pulling up to the top
Select a long stitch length and a high foot action pic
To cut threads, pull both to the out side of the shoe if in a tricky place like
the toe, and trim. This way you don’t have to reach inside the shoe with
the snips.
Start and stop stitching at a point of least stress – otherwise it will come
undone.
Generally go back 3 stitches at the start and finish, unless you have gone
right around and back over your first row, or if you are doing more of a
“look good” repair, ie top stitching in a visible area.
Those other 2 gaps in the background of bobbin shot are little random parking
spaces for when using green, yellow and other red etc.
Black
Grey
Ligthish browney greyey
Dk brown
navy
pebble
mid brown
orange
red
white
110cm for mt stand up belt
For mens work boots