HOW TO EMBROIDER LEATHER!!! Don't do what I did...

Okay, folks...we were asked to embroider leather chopper-style mittens and because we suffer from the "never say no" disease...we took it on and made plenty of expensive mistakes.
BUT...don't worry...we are here to help you save money and time by not making the same mistakes.
We purchased the mittens from www.leedstone.com
The hoop we didn't use for this project is from HoopTech.
We used our Happy embroidery machine with a 75/11 sharp needle
Poly 40 thread
Cut-away stabilizer
4" Mighty Hoop
Leather industrial sewing machine...not required but handy.