Why stitch one layer of leather?

[Tjurved]

Hello why should one go through all the trouble of stitching one layer of leather? Leather dont rip like cloth. Is it only decorative or is there something more?

 

[mountainm]

Decoration.

 

[Toddy]

It stops an edge stretching.
It stabilises, and gives a finished look, to the piece.

M

 

[topknot]

It stops an edge stretching.
It stabilises, and gives a finished look, to the piece.

M

+1 on that

Topknot