Basically Bob

Wow! Looks great!

Stunning work! So clean … beautiful stitching. Congratulations and thanks for sharing

Thanks everyone. I appreciate your kind comments :). Sheilajeanne, it is all hand stitched. I used left and right pricking irons. The edges of the sides are mitred to approximately 22.5 degrees. I used a French edger for the mitered edge.

.. probably the most complex project I have done. The concept was taken from a case featured in one of Al Stohlman’s books. (My sweetie did the needlework)

They look great! Thanks for sharing, Mike!

Wow! Looks great!

Looks great, Mike! Great to see you back at it!

Nice work! Thanks for sharing

Looks good … congrats! If the upright pieces, rather than being straight, went up at a slight angle, like a V, you could make a leather loop to fit over the jaws and uprights. It would slide up and down … slide it up to tighten the jaws and down to loosen them. I have used this method on my stitching clam for years and it works great.

Nice work! Thanks for sharing!

Wow! Looks great!

Beautiful work!

Looks great! Love that stamp. Is that a weight in the upper left portion of your first photo? Tell us about it

Thanks, YinTx

Thanks, MarshalWill!

Thanks!

This is a wall plaque I did that commemorates the year that the recipient marched with the Toronto Optimists Drum and Bugle Corp. I wrapped a 3/4” piece of “good both sides” plywood; front, back and sides. The diameter of the image is 5 1/2” and is the Drum & Bugle Corp’s logo.

Wow! That looks amazing … thanks for sharing

the woman I made the strap for plays in a band called “Blue Chicory” and that is what the flowers are … Chicory flowers. Thanks!

Thanks, MarshalWill

Thanks, BigBore

Thanks, TomE

Thank you, Sheilajeanne, Yes, there is a curve at the top of the shoulder. When I make these, I take two measurements: 1) the total length of the player’s current strap (from the centre of the back pin hole to the centre of the front pin hole) 2) from the mid point at the top of the shoulder to the front pin hole when the player is wearing his/her guitar in a comfortable position. I have a few templates for the main portion of the body and cut the front and rear “tails” to the proper length. It is a lot of work but the contour and the “cut to measure” narrow tails at the front and back reduce resistance and make for a more comfortable strap. The photo below gives you an idea of how the contour looks

Looks good!