Started a Notebook Cover for Wife

[Started a Notebook Cover for Wife]

Nice job!  The bee looks great and that flower on the back end flap turned out really well.

[Started a Medic Bag for Pens]

Nice basket stamping.  Looking good so far.

[Stitching the D-ring connection on rolled handle-help!]

On 2/3/2022 at 8:25 AM, alpha2 said:

Bob, Teran Atalier has a video on youbube that shows the process, and has a downloadable (free) PDF pattern. The title on YT is 

How to Make Rolled Leather Bag Handles (Free PDF Pattern)

It's the pattern I used on my first handle. I didn't use the side stitching route that everyone seems to take. I butted the edges together and used a baseball stitch. (Ignore the nasty stitching on the flaps on that handle, I hadn't done a saddle stitch in some years, and it got a bit wonky. Should've practiced again before I started.)

Then, I discovered the corset stitch, so I practiced some of that on the x-acto handles for my next rolled handle.

 

 

Thanks for the tip to the video!  Also, very cool work on the Xacto knife stitch.

[Stitching the D-ring connection on rolled handle-help!]

Thanks all.  I had been thinking of making a handle like this for a project and you just solved a problem I didn't realize I had yet.

[Angled blade]

I think angled blades are helpful if you are doing small letters or other things with really tight curves.  However in most floral carvings if I need to cut a tight curve I just lean my normal swivel knife back so I'm working it like an angled blade.  You can get your standard swivel knife to do the same job with a little bit of practice even if it has a big 5/8 inch wide blade in it.

[bible cover]

Nice work.  I like the contrast of the lighter cross to the rest of the cover.  It makes it really stand out well.

[Money Clip Wallet... Black and Blue!]

That thread color really compliments it well.  Looks great!

[Western spurs straps]

Very impressive work!

[Fiebings Vintage Gel Antique]

Hi all,

I finally got some bottles of this (Saddle Tan and Medium Brown) to try.  So far I've only tried it on a few stamped pieces as a test but it seems to work really well and it produces a nice rich color in the leather like I've been getting with Tandy Eco Flo products.  It's thinner that the Eco Flo product so it was a little easier to work into crevices, but otherwise it seems to work just like Eco Flo.  I need to try a little more testing with it, like trying it on a floral design, but so far I'm giving it a thumbs up.

[one I finished today]

Very nice and clean!

[Hand Sewing]

I use pre waxed polyester cord from Maine Thread.  It's good quality and comes in many different colors and isn't very expensive.  I think it's a good starting place for getting good at hand sewing.

[Saddlebag styled purse...]

I like your painting, especially the highlights you added to the rose petals.  It gives them more depth.

[Black Buttero w/ Ghost camo wallet]

Very nice!  Love how the edges turned out on this.

["Bird book" cover]

Very nice!

[Dyed leather - awful result]

I'd have to agree with Dwight.  Those marks are probably from variations in the dye concentration on the sponge.

[Dyed leather - awful result]

Hello. It's possible there was some sort of surface coating or contamination that caused that.  Do you use anything to clean the leather surface before dyeing?

[feather minimal card wallet]

That feather looks great.  It makes it a really nice wallet.

[Knipschield Knives]

@garyplI've got a Leatherwrangler round knife as well and wouldn't need anything else.  Terry makes great knives and I've thought about purchasing something from him in the past but my Leatherwrangles one is always going to be my go to tool.  I sure hope Terry can recover though and get back to production.  He makes excellent knives!

 

[My first wallet....sort of]

I think you did very well.  The edges look great and the overall fit and finish looks very professional.  I do see a couple of places the stitches look a little off but overall it looks very good.

[Recent Laptop Bag]

That bag really looks nice!  Was the temple laser engraved?  I love the tri-weave border.

[jig for tracing patterns]

Great idea!  Thanks for sharing @pete!

[Recent projects]

Nice work!

[Making N-95 type masks (sharing pattern to leather workers)]

Thank you @mikesc for posting this.  It's great information with a lot of detail, and thank you for the work you are doing making masks.

[Fiebings Vintage Gel Antique]

Thanks @eeroyale, that was the impression I got about it.  I use Eco Flo now and I know how to get good results with it, but I would be interested in giving this new product a try.  I think I'll need to order a bottle of it to try out.

[Bee bag!]

I think it's really cool!  I like how the bag shape incorporates the honeycomb design.