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This is fantastic! It looks great!

Made a mask for my sister for her birthday. Wet formed the mask with some white glue in the water to make it set up harder then painted it and played with the airbrush a little.

Thanks Monica. A stiffener would also help it hold it's shape a little better. Mark, I love the look of the cork.

A day late, a dollar short....the story of my life lol. I managed to put the finishing touches on this tonight. I showed a few people the in progress piece while I was partially finished the airbrushing and I have a few people asking for one for them.

I have a couple of blocks made up with stick on sanding discs at 150 grit. It just removes the little bumps and peaks from cutting. It took me a while to start sanding but it has made a drastic improvement on my finished product.

Any more updates on these? I would love to see them installed.

I like the idea of of the cross stitch inlay. Another piece of constructive criticism, try some sandpaper on the edges. It not only takes off any bumps where you cut but will even out the two layers of leather. Nice job!

That's a really nice sheath. I have yet to try my hand at a sheath but it's coming in the future.

Had a request for a custom, Batman case for an Iphone 6. Came up with this.

I just finished making an owl mask for a friend of mine for her birthday. It's 4oz veg tanned, wet formed and dyed with Fiebings tan and painted over with Cova colour.

So I'm a day late this month.Ran into some complications getting my sewing machine to work with my new 277 thread. This is only the second thing I have actually sewn other than test pieces. More practice is definitely required.

I had a similar problem except mine was because the clearance between the bobbin case and that plate was too close. The dimensions were not exactly the same because I ordered the Ebay/chineese part instead of the Pfaff part (almost $200 cheaper). It used to tie the most incredible giant balls of thread. I actually had to lower the whole assembly by making shims to get the clearance. I'm glad you finally figured it all out. Good luck sewing!

Thanks for the responses. Sven willibefamous, Sorry, this was all freestyle. I wet formed the multitool section and started building layers from there. I usually sketch and plan and cut out paper templates, but with this project, I just started cutting leather and let it develop.

What can I say, I like to have a tool for every occasion with me wherever I am. I started with the multitool and grew from there. Now I have: Victorinox Swisstool - my multitool of choice Fisher space pen - for all my underwater/space writing needs Fenix E05 - great AAA flashlight Tweezers Nail clippers - also for thread and stuff Titanium Comb - because titanium is great

When I started stitching, I bought an awl and stitching wheel from Tandy and assumed it was sharp enough. I quickly became frustrated and gave up and used my pricking iron to drive all my holes. Receintly, I have done a lot more reading and realized that even though i thought my awl was sharp, it was not even close to being sharp enough. I watched a really great video on youtube where Nigel Armitage shows you how to spend hours sharpening your awl. At first this seemed crazy to spend all that time doing it but it really is the trick to making awl work less painful and more productive. If your awl seems like it is too sharp, it's probably not sharp enough.

Randahl, what did you use to texture the inside of that? I love the thatched look to it.

Usually when I am doing this, I skive the leather (taper the ends to a thinner profile) in order to reduce the bulk. The finished product with a lining isn't that much thicker. I have never used or seen such a plate. You could always check with a local machinist. I'm sure they could have a set pressed out and drilled for you.

Next one I make, I am going to make the corner with three triangles per corner, making the one sandwiched between the other two smaller to create a gap for the bag leather to to sit in. That way the corners should sew on better.

Thefanninator, I was wondering if we should do up a few pictures from each challenge and attach them to the thread from the pattern. If you follow the thread from the drawstring bag, there are no pics of the actual bag that the pattern if for. Maybe just one pic from each completed item? Just a thought.

I would recommend punching a slot and pulling the leather up through it. Then you can rivet on both sides to hold the d-ring in place. The other option would be to sandwich the d ring between two layers, as in the dog collar.

This belt is amazing! I love the carving.

My favorite quote that covers this was actually in regards to mixed martial arts. "Hard work beats natural talent when natural talent refuses to work hard". I'm no mixed martial artist, nor am I a "professional" leather worker but I seem to have a natural talent to picture things in my head and make them exist, with a little hard work. I just enjoy the pursuit of these things. I love the feeling of solving a difficult leather assembly, or of finally, after three years of struggle, make my rescued sewing machine finally stitch like a champion. A desire to do something is a start, that's when hard work and perseverance will carry you where you want to go.

Boriqua, I love the idea of a drying box. Without the dryer blowing directly on the leather, it should dry evenly. When I was starting with leather I tried to expedite the drying in a warm oven. The shrinkage wasn't the worst part. When I tried to bend the bracelet around my wrist, it cracked. The oven had hardened the leather so even the one bracelet I had salvaged had crack marks all along the edges. Live and learn.

Well between finishing the February challenge and doing the final adjustments on my sewing machine, I wasn't sure I was going to get this finished. Not only did I finish, I managed to squeak it into March. Had some issues with the pattern. I didn't make the fold-over for the string big enough for two strings, in fact, with one string I couldn't get it to cinch tight. I abandoned that idea and used grommets instead. I still have a long way to go before I will be proficient with the sewing machine but I managed to sew the pieces together and didn't attach any of my fingers to it. All said and done, I had fun making it.

I was missing the same part. The 1245 that I received was a parts machine at one time and I bought it at an auction without a handful of parts. I was missing that part and I took the insert from the top to a local machine shop and he made me a new part out of a larger Allen head cap screw, cut down to the correct thread.