Butt and Box Stitch – Part 5. Practising Box Stitch
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Cylindrical keepsake pots which have been both butt and box stitched
This post follows on from the previous blog post ‘Butt and Box Stitch – Part 4. Preparing for Box Stitch’, and assumes that you have prepared your leather, ready to start practising Box Stitch.
Firstly, prepare a thread which is at least five times the length of the area to be stitched, with an additional 8 or 9 cm.