ZackG32

I have been playing around with braiding and have gotten ok at the braiding itself. The problem I am having now if finishing the ends. If anyone could give some ways to end the braid. I am wanting to do a braided bracelet and also a wallet chain. So a way to finish the end around a key ring of something similar is something I needed to know. any help would be appreciative.

Thank you i will check it out

Does any body know where to get 3/16 wide lace of good quality? I do a lot of lacing for a friend and he uses a bunch of 3/16 White lace so maybe some one knows where to get that too. I really like the look of the wider lace but would prefer to buy some then cut and dye my own. thanks

yes Sylvia that was my question sorry for the confusion? So after Sylvia's better explanation does any one have any info? thanks for the stamp info too!

I am wondering if there is a book of patterns for these of if you dram your own? If drawn how do I do that? see pics for example. I'm refering to the border that serves as a break between the floral pattern and the basketweave. in the second pic it is another piece that is sewn on.

Looks good! I would make it a stand alone stool. thats what i plan on doing but I'm going to build the Pony that is in The Art of Sewing Leather by Al Stohlman. I really like the idea of getting rid of the bolt! It is such a pain in the rear, theard gets hung up on it all the time!

here is another pic.

i would but I keep getting a file to big error. how do I resize the image for posting?

Not to bad for my first wallet! Really need to work on keeping my Basketweave straight! plus getting them equal deepth! another pic

thanks for all the suggestions. I'm going to play around with each of them to see which I like the best.

I have a picture from online that I would like to tranfer to a piece problem is that I want to put it on a wallet and it is way to big, Does anybody have a way for resizing images? Zack

Hello, I am new to doing leather work and I am wanting to add letters to a billfold project. What is the best option? stamps, stencils? where did you get them? Zack