Hi! I'm Phwoosh. I love to sew. I also love Middle Earth, hedgehogs, tea, growing things, Renaissance festivals, and collecting hobbies.
My dad, being the crafty guy he is (what with the wood turning and the blacksmithing and the leather working and the chainmaille... Hobby collecting runs in the family), taught me the bare basics of leather stamping when I was little. "Wet the leather, apply the stamp, whack it with a hammer. Good job!" He didn't have the time to go further, and I didn't have the confidence to try on my own. Don't judge! I was, like, 8! You don't touch Dad's tools when you're 8.
Recently, though, he found some beginner classes at a Tandy leather just around the corner from my home. Every Saturday this month. I work 2 of those Saturdays and can't make it. Grr. My husband, on the other hand, does not work on Saturdays at all, and he was interested. After all, you can't blacksmith (all 3 of us are obsessed) in an apartment complex, but leather? That's not a big deal. So he signed up and I'm making him teach me. So far, not so good. His patience wears thin when I start going about things my own way instead of doing what the teacher told him to do.
Help a poor girl out? Point her in the direction of some awesome, easy-to-understand videos? Well written/photographed tutorials? Simple patterns?
Being a big fan of Pinterest, I've got my board of inspiration started. The problem with that is that I'm a little daunted by the talent that some people are showing, and I don't even know where to begin. I know where I want to end up: Corsets and shoes and notebooks. Right now, though, I'm intimidated by coasters and mousepads. I repeat: Help!
