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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 3095264, member: 8267&quot;]Heat and adhesives can be damaging to leather, so I would recommend avoiding those solutions. Can you tell if the seams have come apart because the thread has broken, or has the skin torn around the stitching? If it is just old thread, there is a better chance of a successful repair. If the skin has torn, then that is more problematic because it indicates the leather is becoming fragile and may not support additional stitches. </p><p><br /></p><p>If it were mine, I would try to use some cotton bias tape (non-adhesive) to reinforce the torn seams. Center the tape underneath the seam (working from the front), and stitch (by hand) using a zig-zag stitch just beyond the original stitching line, catching the tape underneath with each stitch. So, pierce the needle down on one side of the seam through the leather and the tape, move diagonally underneath to the other side, come up through the tape and the leather, move across the top diagonally to the opposite side, and so forth. Depending on how close you can get your stitches you might want to return along the same seam, crossing the stitches in the opposite direction to form Xs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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