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Thanks! This was my first attempt at doing the photography myself, as well as the fashion. And of course Amelia is a great model!

Thanks guys! Yes, Monica, it is leather.

I finished this corset recently.

Ok, good to know. I'll pick up some Resolene next time. I guess for now I'll lay a few more coats on of the current stuff I have and check it again.

Hello! I am making some brightly dyed ski straps for a friend and I need to find an AWESOME sealant that will prevent dye rub off. The straps are dyed with Angelus dye and Tandy's Professional Waterstain. I tried sealing one of the Angelus dyed straps with Tandy's Eco-Flo Professional FInish Clear Gloss and after some burnishing, there is still some rub off. Obviously the straps will get wet and will be exposed to snow, etc. I also have these sealers at home, don't know if any them would perform better? Any suggestions? Angelus Acrylic Finisher Fiebings Leather Balm Eco Flo Satin Shene (probably essentially the same product as the Eco-Flo Professional finish) Eco Flo Super Shene

I'm not a master leather tooler yet (give me another 20 years. lol!) but I am pretty experienced. I feel confident that if I find the right thickness it will do what I want it to. I plan on cutting holes in it (openwork lacy type designs) and probably incising patterns into the surface with a knife, more than doing the traditional western style deep embossing, etc - though if I could find something that was thin enough and could take a stamp, that would be amazing. I would like it to have a little firmness like most veg tan does, because the really drapey garment type stuff won't work well in this instance. Thanks for the recommendation for Springfield Leather Co. I'll definitely check it out! The pig sounds like it might do the trick!

Could anyone tell me where I can get some very thin veg tan (preferably in the US)? I want to do some light tooling and I do not want the leather to be very thick due to the construction technique I plan to use. I think the thinest Tandy sells is like a 2oz? And sometimes the quality has been really spotty... Any suggestions of where to search? Thanks!

Perfect! Thank you, guys!

Tandy was having some issues with their dye for a while. The purple was doing some odd (but not entirely unpleasant) separating too.

Around a year ago I saw a tutorial on Tandy's page showing a technique for leather carving that involved pushing from the back of the leather with a hard, rounded metal stylus (rather than just cutting and stamping the surface). Well, I went back to go look at the tutorial again because I have a project that I think this technique might work well on and of course I can't find the tutorial now. I'm not even sure what the technique was called so I have no idea how to research it. Does any one know what this is called and/ or have links explaining how to do this properly? Thanks for your help!

Yeah, I was thinking on the lines of using something like this in the future. Or even some sort of oil? I want it to look pretty natural. Thanks for the thoughtful replies everyone!

So I usually apply a pretty high gloss finish on veg tan leather that I dye, but this time I used Eco-Flo Satin Shene to get a softer more matte finish on top of Fiebing's Black Oil Dye. It really did not work out well. The Satin Shene pooled in random places and never applied smooth not matter how many times I tried to redistribute it. After the finish dried, it created a rather uneven looking finish. I was pretty disgusted so I set it aside on a work table which I didn't think about it at the time, but it was in front of a window and the sun did something even nastier to the already ugly finish. The very top surface looks spotty *and* brownish as if it were bleached. So my questions are... 1) Which black dye and finish do you use when you want to achieve a more matte finish on veg tan? 2) Do you think there is any way for me to salvage the messed up leather? Could I chemically strip the finish and redye it? Or should I just paint it? Thanks for your help!

Just a note,I don't mean to scare you, but make sure your ventilation system is working really well. The particulate from cutting the bumps on the pelts could be very dangerous when inhaled. I'm not sure, but I believe there is some calcium content in the bumps and if so, this could destroy your lungs.

That's a thing of beauty. I have the Singer 29-4 which is a pretty similar machine.

Snaps would work. You'll need a ton because you do not want to skimp on them and have the lining gap.