Up until now, for every leather working project I’ve done, I’ve used a woodworking hand screw clamp to hold the piece while stitching. While this worked, it could be better. Today is the day I’m making that improvement. I decided to finally build myself a stitching pony.

A stitching pony is a smaller version of a stitching horse. It gets clamped to a table or other work surface and has a jaw that clamps down on your work piece. It holds it securely while you do your sewing. I made mine out of some Elm boards that I had in the shop. There really isn’t a whole lot to a stitching pony. Just a couple of uprights that have an angled jaw. One of these uprights is on a hinge so that you can tighten it up onto your leather. I used a homemade wooden knob to tighten mine down. On the bottom of the pony, I added another board with some holes in it so that I could use some T-Track bolts to secure it to the tabletop. I also have the option to clamp it down if I didn’t use the t track.

To finish the pony up, I added some leather to the jaws with some contact cement, and gave the whole thing a couple coats of boiled linseed oil. It turned out great and I can’t wait to get back to some leather projects.

Check out the build video below.

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