Customize my strap?
#1
02-25-2008, 08:36 PM
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Customize my strap?
I just got a Welder...love the watch and the rubber strap but i want the leather strap to have white sitches on it...pretty noticable stiches too (not little wimpy stiches haha)
Do they make these? Will stores do this for me? Any options?
Thanks guys
Do they make these? Will stores do this for me? Any options?
Thanks guys
#2
02-26-2008, 12:24 PM
try going to a arts/crafts or fabrics store they may know of someone who is good w/ a needle and thread
#3
02-26-2008, 02:04 PM
olol..
a custom made strap is 150-250 for calf.. i think thats almost as much as the welder? would be not a good idea
a custom made strap is 150-250 for calf.. i think thats almost as much as the welder? would be not a good idea
#4
02-26-2008, 02:09 PM
^^^I think he just wants the black stiches re-done w/ white on the current band...yea true custom calf straps are like 1/2 the price of the welder
#5
02-26-2008, 03:10 PM
oh.. in that case.. fabric store...some string, a needle and some patience..
you do know how to stitch right?
top thread goes over the top.. then down the hole.. then back up the same hole.. then loop the bottom stitch thru the hole it makes before pulling it snugly.. that way top stitch stays on top (thicker) and bottom is just to hold it (thinner thread)
when you get to the end you knot it and take the ass end back thru again and snip it.. you should be able to go from one end all the way around with only one seam/cut
you do know how to stitch right?
top thread goes over the top.. then down the hole.. then back up the same hole.. then loop the bottom stitch thru the hole it makes before pulling it snugly.. that way top stitch stays on top (thicker) and bottom is just to hold it (thinner thread)
when you get to the end you knot it and take the ass end back thru again and snip it.. you should be able to go from one end all the way around with only one seam/cut
#6
02-26-2008, 03:33 PM
oh.. in that case.. fabric store...some string, a needle and some patience..
you do know how to stitch right?
top thread goes over the top.. then down the hole.. then back up the same hole.. then loop the bottom stitch thru the hole it makes before pulling it snugly.. that way top stitch stays on top (thicker) and bottom is just to hold it (thinner thread)
when you get to the end you knot it and take the ass end back thru again and snip it.. you should be able to go from one end all the way around with only one seam/cut
you do know how to stitch right?
top thread goes over the top.. then down the hole.. then back up the same hole.. then loop the bottom stitch thru the hole it makes before pulling it snugly.. that way top stitch stays on top (thicker) and bottom is just to hold it (thinner thread)
when you get to the end you knot it and take the ass end back thru again and snip it.. you should be able to go from one end all the way around with only one seam/cut
Yea my sewing machine back home can do leather so I might take a stab at making a custom strap, my dad has a few hyde scraps laying around from some furniture he has made
#8
02-26-2008, 04:21 PM
you dont use a sewing machine on a strap...thats the crappy way, you want inconsistent stitches to show its hand done.. holes and then stitch.. almost every custom strap company i know hand stitches ALL of their straps.
#9
02-26-2008, 05:55 PM
^^^^hmmm never knew that, wel then maybe I'll give it a try anyways....I have at lease peices of 2 hydes that I know of at home so either way might as well not let it go to waste
