Subula: Thread & Needle

Four ways to name the same thread, and none of them agree. If you sew leather on a machine you already know the problem. The same spool is #138 to one supplier, T135 to another, Ticket 20 to a third and FF to the government ‚Äî and Ticket runs backwards, so a smaller number means a thicker thread. Then you still have to match a needle to it, and decide how close to put the stitches. The answer lives on a supplier's web page that people copy into forum posts because they are afraid the page will disappear. Subula is that page, off the wall and into your pocket, working offline. START FROM YOUR LEATHER Set the total thickness you are stitching through ‚Äî every layer added together, in ounces, millimetres or inches. Subula gives you the thread size, the needle, the needle point, where to start on stitches per inch, the breaking strength and the thread diameter, on one screen. ALL FOUR…