Heafty turnip

I didn’t really stretch them that much, they always shrink tight. I started off using dental floss on some of the more delicate wallabies to attach them to the frames until one day I was in a hurry and tried the pneumatic staple gun and found it heaps quicker and neater. The cows were strung with builders string onto a makeshift raw dogwood frame. My place is surrounded by dogwood so that was easy to grab at the time! im not 100% sure what the timber is on the cat frame, my neighbour has a Lucas mill which I help with from time to time and gave me a lot of the off cuts - he says it’s American redwood. But this is the outer sapwood. I like the look of it so have left the cat on it! last night I took down the cow hides off their frames, I have heaps more room now! Im in tassie, love it here.

I’m new to this forum, have tanned a few hides and am just about to learn sewing. My dream is to build something out of leather from scratch. This includes harvesting the animal right through to sewing what ever I end up making. I thought joining up here could help me on my journey, well it has already! So far, I’ve chrome tanned at least a dozen wallabies, A Fallow deer and a feral cat. I have also experimented with alum tanning 2 cows. And these worked out ok. Just recently I have purchased a 2nd hand singer 132k6 which I have just rebuilt and have managed to get it to work. I have limited sewing experience but definitely have the passion and patience to figure it all out. Well that’s who I am and why I’m here! Thanks for having me.