I Need you expertise - Walking foot verses General foot for Leather /suede

[69muddpi]

what am I doning wrong?

I am sewing on leathere with the suede side down, and it keeps getting stuck under the foot.


When sewing with leather & suede should I use a waliking foot or gerernal fool?

Also: I do not have a Teflon foot.  But I heard you can uses Teflon tape. 

can you please advise?

[sew4strippers]

There is a foot specifically made for sewing leather/suede. It has a roller on the bottom. I got one with my machine and have used it once or twice. It does make a difference. But, I think, if you already have a walking foot give it a try.  The issue is to get the leather to smoothly flow under the foot and over the feed dogs.

[Disco Queen Highness]

I recently used a Teflon foot for sewing on sueded leather.  It worked beautifully.

[Sew-Classic]

It sounds to me like the sude is "sticking" to the sewing bed..

Try sewing with a 3 to 6 insch strip of tissue paper on the bottom of your leather/sude.  It sill just pull off when your done, and it will keep the leather/sude from gripping the sewing surface so it will feed better.

[sewnutzz]

I agree with SewClassic, use some tissue paper (the kind you use for wrapping presents, not for wiping your nose, lol) between the leather and the feeddogs.  You can also use it between the leather and the presser foot. 

If you don't have tissue paper, you can use adding machine tape (or even cash register receipts) instead.  If you don't have that, you can use copier paper (but it may be more difficult to tear out).  There is a product called Stitch and Ditch that is made for this type of situation (as well as providing a light weight tearaway stabilizer under embroidery...what does not tear away washes out the first time you launder the item).

The stitching perforates the paper so it should tear out smoothly.  If not, just dampen it along the stitching with a little water to soften the paper fibers. 

Also, you should be stitching with a longer stitch length when you are sewing leather...you don't want it to be so perforated it tears along the seamline.

Good Luck,
SewNutzz