The dozen pictures I posted yesterday at https://drive.google.com/ drive/folders/ 0Byi95S7VFo1XMVVsYnVLSUJRUkk?u sp=sharing were supposed to have accompanying text. For reasons unknown, some people got the pictures in the correct order, some got them in reverse order, and some didn't get the text attached to each picture. So here's the text, and also descriptions of the first and last pictures in the series, so you'll know which order to look at them in.
2. After inserting the needle in the hole, you will probably need to push it through with force. I used a paper clip for this. Here, I have made the first stitch in the row. The sewing awl on the upper right was used to punch the holes, but any sharp awl or punch of the right size will work. (The black thing on the lower right is one leg of the tripod that held the camera. You'll also see random junk on the counter, testimony to my remarkable housekeeping ability).
3. Obviously, the hard part of sewing from one side is how do you get the thread back out again? I use a loop of dental floss threaded through the same needle (which is why the eye has to be large). A button is on the other end of the loop, and the ends tied together.
4. Put the needle with the loop into the second hole. Then bring the loop up to the opening at the top of the boot and remove the needle. The button is to prevent the whole loop from getting pulled inside..
5. Now is the trick: Put the single thread that you sewed into hole #1 inside the loop that you sewed into hole #2, and pull the loop back out of hole #2.
6. Here's the loop pulled back out of hole #2. That brings the original thread back out with it so you can sew the next stitch. This photo shows the loop just after I pulled it out again. [Note: the button I tied on the loop is the white button in the previous picture. This translucent button is one I tied to the end of the original thread to keep me from accidentally pulling it inside the boot].
7. Here's the thread out of hole #2, ready to start the next stitch. It would be extremely difficult to find the back of this hole (even if your fingers could reach it), but using this technique, you can do it fairly easily.
8. Several stitches now finished at this point. I finish the row then reverse, but you can also reverse after each stitch, putting multiple stitches in each pair of holes. This is what I did on the opposite side of the patch.
9. The row is now finished and I'm about to reverse.
10. Stitching is now done back to the starting point. Dental floss is very strong, but it doesn't hold knots well. Therefore, I end this stitching by tying a bunch of knots, then melting the ends of the thread together with a butane lighter.
11. Here's the bunch of knots, high enough so the heat from melting won't weaken the actual stitching.
12. (Last photo, showing full row of stitching). Here's the final row of stitching with the ends melted together. As you can see, I've done various sides of this patch at different times and this stitching isn't particularly neat looking. This row had to be redone, giving me a chance to take these photos.
Mike Taglieri
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