I am having an idea for a bag and I believe I have seen this technique somewhere before. I just have no idea what it’s called and hence have a hard time finding a video or instructions.

Essentially I want a round corner the comes out a bit and then the gusset over the two sides. I believe I have seen an approach where you cut a side piece with rounded corners and then cut perpendicular into the middle of the corner. Then sew that cut and turn over. The corner sticks out essentially and the side is then attached to a long piece that runs from one side around as bottom and up on the other side.

I am not sure if I am explaining this well enough to ID. I will try to find a pic.

  • bowrealityOPMEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Yeah I find it hard to translate from fabric sewing to leather. It’s a different craft really unless you work with very soft and thin leather maybe.

    I have seen pics or a video a while ago of corners done on leather that I have posted about. I just can’t find them anymore. I really have two questions: 1) do I just cut a slit or do I have to remove a “slice” there 2) how deep do I cut.

    I think I’ll have to play around with some scraps to figure out the right approach. The ones I saw had the cut stitched back together, turned and then the edge of the whole side was sewn to a strip of leather. Then the leather strip was sewn to the gusset (side and bottom of bag).

    • Peppycito@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 month ago

      You should play around with paper and try to make what you mean. If you cut a square of out of the corner you’ll end up with a 90° box. If you cut out a diamond you’ll have a shallow candy dish. Gentle curves are hard with darts so you can create that shape with a panel instead.

      • bowrealityOPMEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Always smart to do paper or card board first you are right. I am not sure if I understand your last sentence. A panel instead of a dart? How does that work?

    • HelixDab2@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      You’ll have to remove a slice; if you just cut a slit, you’ll have to overlap them, and you won’t have enough seam allowance to connect them once you start getting to the point of the slit. If you cut a piece out, and have a backing piece of leather, you’ll be able to sew all the way around.

      This kind of stitching would be easiest on a post-bed roller foot machine. It’s going to be a real challenge with a flat bad machine. Otherwise, I’d use contact cement to hold the backer on temporarily (or even just rubber cement), and then stitch by hand.