Tried a single welt pocket for the first time and it actually worked on try 2

I was so nervous about messing up a jacket I was making for my sister's birthday. The first attempt on a scrap piece of fabric looked terrible, the edges were all crooked. But I watched a slow tutorial from a tailor in Portland and tried again with some cheap cotton. The second time it came out clean and I even added a buttonhole on top. Anyone else have a technique that clicked after a few tries?

3 comments

3 Comments

the_miles21d ago

Buddy of mine tried making a leather wallet once. First one looked like a chewed up shoe. He rage quit for two weeks, then came back and nailed the stitching on try three. Now he makes them for all his coworkers.

mary_wells21d ago

Knew a guy from the job site who tried making a knife sheath. First one split right down the seam when he tried to put the knife in. Took him four tries but now he's making them for half the crew.

allen.william21d ago

Four tries sounds about right. I've noticed that anything worth getting good at, whether it's leatherwork or fixing a faucet or cleaning a stubborn stain, always takes exactly that many attempts before you stop making the stupid mistakes. That first failure teaches you what not to do, the second one shows you the right way, and by the fourth one you've finally built the muscle memory.