What we do and what we spend to save money:)Looking forward to the future post. Good luck.
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What we do and what we spend to save money:)Looking forward to the future post. Good luck.
Well, on the bright side, once you get this down you may have a (small) market here to sell these things too...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cardinal
:D
Good God, auto correct let me down lol
I don't bleed AS much doing leather but that awl will bite!
Not quitting my day job just yet haha. We'll see, sometimes the hobby sticks and sometimes it doesn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Branzig
Quick update for fun - I bought a big piece of leather, probably enough to do 5-6 pouches, maybe more. The guy at the shop convinced me to try dyeing it myself, so I started with a swatch to get the color the way I like it. I'm practicing cutting and stitching while I wait for my sample to dry.
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...pswq5y628i.jpg
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...psdfbqkmdn.jpg
Looks good! Can't wait to see how it all turns out.
As the Emperor requests -Quote:
Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...psxgrwjw9s.png
The dyeing is a little tougher than I expected. I tried using a sponge brush and got some awful streakiness, then used an old tshirt and seemed like a much more even application but the streaks are already set. Its actually not as bad in person as it looks in the photo, and I'm going to keep going on this piece just to see how the construction looks and feels.
And I used a piece of posterboard for my cutting template, previously utilized by my daughter for coloring :)
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...psz5ra3v7y.jpg
Reminds me of Stickdeath :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Cardinal
A couple more pics, had to stop for the day and am about to head over to a buddy's house for BBQ -
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...psxi5olvg5.jpg
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...ps64pkgpts.jpg
Have any of you gents tried sewing before? This is a first for me, and let me fill you in on a little secret -
http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5qyuu3ei.jpg
I'm almost done with construction of the prototype now. The leather is pretty stiff so I'm going to work on softening it up, and probably start on v.2.0 today as well. Will put up pics in a bit.