How do you guys do your gussets? I would love to hear what works for you.

Justin you are a wealth of knowledge! Thank you for all you do for us here in the leather industry!!

An excellent tutorial, and very timely, for me. I do have to admit, every time I heard 'GOS-set', I flinched a bit. Quite a lot, really. . .

Mind blown, thanks!!! I’ve been winging it with all of my gusset assemblies and rattled off more than a fair share of profanities because EVERY time the gusset has ended up skew. Can’t wait to get cracking with this! Thank you!

OMG this is such a game changer for me; extremely helpful. Thank you so much for posting this.

I am right now working on my first messenger bag and this video came out at JUST THE RIGHT TIME! THANK YOU!!!

To avoid making bags and pouches propeller like, you need the absolute symmetry! Your method is ok, but not the easiest one. I do my gussets in this way: i use paper/cardboard patterns and just fold them by the vertical axis.Then start punching holes from folded side - from lower center of pattern. When you unfold pattern you'll have absolutely same number of holes on the both sides, with one in the center of pattern. Use this pattern to mark holes on the leather pieces, then punch it. Its easy. Then use the same pattern to make holes on the back side of the bag, but mark holes on the back side of leather (on the flesh side). In this way, both parts will have same holes in same places. After that, make a pattern for gusset - a long rectangle, and fold it on the long side axis. Than just count holes and make same amount of holes on the unfolded side of pattern. When you unfold pattern you'll have absolutely same number of holes on the both sides, again, and it will be symmetrical. Now you can start stitching from any end - result will be the same, without deformation or errors. Maybe, i should do a video with my method. I use it for years and it's worked every time.

probably the most useful video on bag making that I've watched.. thanks a million

Your officially my favourite streamer. - Thanks for all the fine detail!Keep up the great work

Justin, this is a game changer. I have wasted so much time with glue and binder clips, and made a huge mess doing so. This technique is much cleaner and professional looking. Great tutorial and I look forward to seeing more!

Great idea i have had trouble with holes lining up and after i tried this it worked perfectly. Great video

Thx Justin. As always a great and very informative video. Thank you for taking the time. Really appreciate :)

Hello, Sir, You saved me a from having a huge problem by your having explained your method in the above. Thank You, Ever-So-Much!!!

This video single-handedly doubled the number of legit leather-makers in the world.

Excellent video, this is the most comprehensive video on this subject I've seen! This method would also work if you were to invert the bag so the seam was hidden on the inside, good work man

thank's for your videos and all the free pattern thank's a lot, merci beaucoup 👍😁

The only guy who shared a method forma this, in the entire net. I came up with my own, on Illistrator. If you ask, of course I would gladly share.

Hey Man, you make some really great stuff. I found this video very helpful for when I do gussets from now on. For you next tutorial video can you show me how to make a sunglass case. I'd really love to see how you would make one and please let me know when you do it. Great stuff man! - Gary

Very nice information for gussets length measurements.

This was a great tutorial. Thank you.

This is gold, thanks a lot!

Excellent job! Thanks for the demo 👍🏼 😊 G

I have always battled with the corners of the gussets. This solves my problems. And yes, I am OCD! Great tutorial!

Thanks so much for this very useful lesson . You have very nice hands,

Great tips! Thanks a ton my friend.

Thank you so much, this helps a lot!

This was very helpful! Thank you! I tend to rush these kinds of things! Need to lean to slow down and plan ahead! :)

Best instructional video I've seen yet.

It’s May 2023 and here I find one of the best pattern calculation on the internet. Thank you. That is not OCD! That is simply careful accurate working. So easy to do, but hard to do so well.

Amazing helpful video. Thank you SO MUCH!

Genial, excelente explicación. Gracias por compartir. Saludos.

Excellent! Excellent !merci pour le partage...

Thanks a million. I watched this video when I already have a cut medieval shoulder bag with a gusset sitting on the work bench. My only problem is how to stitch it. Because this is a thick 3mm leather, sewing it on my singer heavy duty machine is not an option. I am only starting to make more precise leather items thanks to Adobe illustrator. It is always worth investing in illustrator. I also got the illustrator workbook for reference purposes. This video is a life saver. Thanks for sharing the methods. Knowledge as they say is power.

I can't wait for the bag. I'm a musician and need something to carry my books and music. It looked like your bag is going to accommodate letter sized documents and books. 👍

Great instructions. Thank you.

Thanks for posting Justin. Had to build one just to remind myself what a pain stitching gussets can be.. Regarding stitch holes, using my 4mm irons I counted 54 holes per side excluding center hole.

This is great thank you so much

Awesome 👌 thanks for the help..

Very helpfull, thank you

Great info thanks

Very helpful thanks

Super helpful for me as a beginner who frequently ends up with odd stitch counts! PS: where did you get your work top?

Excellent video and content... In my limited experience, I would glue everything up first and make sure the project is square, then punch the holes and stitch. But that's just me :D

Thank you so very much! I am very enthusiastic beginner bag maker and I could not anything on how to measure for a gusset. Keep up the good work. I have a question...Do I have to prepare my leather if it is not tanned leather (I think that's what it's called)?

Brilliant, thanks

To do the gusset i start at mid point from the panel and punch the holes from center outward to the end i just do the same for the gusset and usually add 3 or 4 extra punching holes then trim as needed. The only thing is counting the holes as punching which is a must.

Hi, beautiful work. How do you manage to make the curved parts without cutting?

By Odins beard. I tried to wrap my head arount gussets for WEEKS. I am always worried about something not lining up and being crooked because of rounded edges and stuff. But this REALLY made my entire day. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Great tutorial, I'm looking forward to your bag templates coming out. Any idea as to when? Messenger bags and?

Your tips are wonderful. You explain everything very well. Can you do more about creating projects in AI? Greetings from Poland :)

Como sempre belas!👏👏👏👏

Hi Justin, Great video as always. When prepunching the holes to fit a gusset should I punch the gusset from the flesh side, otherwise the slant of the stitching iron will not be lying in the same direction - or does it not matter?

Gracias, es perfecto!!

Thx a lot.

Gracias por la generosidad en compartir su saber. :-)

Lou Gusset Jr.

Yup that's helpful. Saves me from fudging it at the ends with fake stitches on one piece when the numbers don't match! (Yes, I've done that)

Thanks broo

Usually, I count the stitching holes. Yeah I know its hard and time consuming but the result will always spot on.

I like this method. The only thing i would do differently is, if the stitching area for the front panel and back panel are the same, i would lay it on top of each other and punch both pieces together. Thanks again for the method.

Will this method work when you sew a bag inside out then turn it right side out to finish?

This is awesome! This was exactly what I’ve been looking for. Do you have an acrylic template for this? If you do, I will buy one.

Is it the same with cross stitching ? I’m struggling with an odd shape and curved gusset if I’m honest !!! Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated! Great video btw 👍🤓

I have a broblem whith round bages ? Can I do the same ?

What kind of leather is that? Nice pliability and look.

OK, it's "GUS" not "GOS" ha ha ha yeah I always cut my GUSset a bit long and stitch from middle out on both sides, is Philly still on lockdown?

Does this work for round gussets ?

What the flock is a gawset?

Best method I've found is finding the length of your offset line for your stitching, not the length of the outside of the bag panels. So if you offset 1/8" from edge of your bags body, calculate that total length vs the exterior edge and you'll be on the money each time. Easy to toss in free cad based software to get it.

Arent the holes backwards on the gusset? Does it matter? Do you get a better stick if you turn over gusset and then punch?

Thanks, i appreciate the info. No matter which way you pronounced it...lol

What about using software....like many others do...

I made myself 1/8 graph paper. Then i draw my design as rectangles first. Then i get my round edge template and draw that on there. From this point i mark all my holes on the 1/8 graph paper. I mark a hole every 1/8 inch. Then the gussest is cut according to the length of the sides of the drawing plus a half inch. Then i make the same number of holes on the gussest as on the template.

Спасибо, трудоемко, но точнее чем обычно делается и я 300 👍. 😀

thanks for the tutorial. I would like to tell you that both pdf links lead to pdf letter size. can you fix this problem? again thanks and all the best

to find an exact middle of the piece and I mean exact u need either a triangular ruller so u can be certain u are measuring perpendicular to the edge or a basic ruller and a compass divider. Find a half length of the edge, take that length into the compass, mark the middle, go to the perpendicular edge, find middle, do a semicircle with the compass on that middle of the edge, take half length of the edge u just made a semicircle against and do another semicircle in the middle of the perpendicular edge :D where these semicircles cross - there is your middle of the face :D (jesus this was more difficult to describe than I anticipated)

Here I've been pronouncing it "gus-its" I'm glad I figured out that it's "goss-its" before I looked foolish!

Great tutorial. Thank you. But why not just glue the gusset to the front panel and then punch the stitching holes through two layers of leather? Then do the same thing with the gusset and the back panel. The corners can get tricky, but there you can use an awl (if you're not already using one to make all the stitching holes) with a cork backing board.

I’ve been overshooting to prevent being short for ages. Here I thought you were going to show how to get it on the money. 🙄

GUSSET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

👍👍👍👍

Hey you guys remember Lou Gusset Junior? 1983 Oscar winner, Lou Gusset Jr. 🤣🤣 Good tips bud.

i start with hand stitching but at moment i use even sewing machine so sometimes i dont have so much problem on stitch coz not need to make the count

Why do some people make gussets out of 3 pieces?

0:36 "Gosset"?

What is your email for questions?

Your voice sounds like Corter Leather

Gusset vs Gausset.

why can't you just glue the gusset onto the front then chisel and stitch them together from there? I feel like it could save you a lot of time and headache, but I assume I am missing something

Sorry, I’ve just got to correct you here...it’s NOT GOSSET. That’s how you are pronouncing it. It is GUSSET. As in the man’s name Gus.

But dont get me wrong, its a good method.

That gusset would be too long wouldn't it? just by the measurement of the front and bag it should be 15. He keeps saying "gosset" but ive been saying gusset for years.

hearing someone say gaucet instead of gusset shouldnt bother me this much lol

That ol what I thought was useless to learn algebra math can play a major factor in life after all?

its a GUSSETT.

Cool video. Please learn to pronounce "gusset". You keep saying "gosset". It's guh-set, not "gaw-set". But really, this video is helpful. My brain just kept getting sidetracked by it...

I would not have marked on the right side of the leather. Someone who's new to leather crafting is going to watch you do that and they're going to take a pen and mark the right side of their leather and then be upset because they have these marks that they can't get off. I would have marked on the reverse side just for the purpose of the video.

9 1/8"! Go metric already.

I cannot listen to you saying "gorset" any more. Its GUSSET, like GUS.

Nat Professional to boring