Belt with broken buckle, meet buckle on broken belt.

[randomness]

Unfortunately, the intact buckle is sewn onto the broken leather belt, as is the intact leather belt with broken buckle.

Would someone with the appropriate expertise be able to show me how to swap the working buckle onto the working leather belt?

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

check the sewing -- a lot of leather sewing is pretty coarse, the easy thing to do is pick the stitching out (i suggest a seam ripper) and then resew it using the same holes (i use beading thread with the needle pre-installed). (i have a wallet i'm about to repair this way (for the second time, in a different place) so i am with you in spirit at least...)

[sarakate.livejournal.com]

This; most of the trickiness in sewing leather is getting the necessary holes in evenly, and it's fairly easy to sew through existing holes. If you wax the thread it slides through the holes easier (I have been known to use waxed dental floss for this application if white thread works on the particular item, but of course it doesn't always). I usually will do two passes of a running stitch -- up through hole 1, down through hole 2, up through hole 3, down through hole 4, etc., to the end, and then come back the other way, going across the top where you went across the bottom before and vice versa, so you end up with a solid line of stitching on either side.