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  3. My daughters checkbook cover

    in Leatherwork Conversation

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    Yeah - now that's a checkbook cover for the daughter of a leatherworker! ;)

    Jessi has some really good design sense and it sounds like she pays attention to what dad does in his shop. Flames and hearts look great with her suggestions. I like the addition of the plugs for the lettering, also. Great project!

    Crystal

  6. Carving Kate's wren

    in Figure Carving

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    Clay -

    You did a fabulous job on the wren! I am glad to see it popping up as your avatar, it deserves some showing off, especially since you did him on a piece of scrap... :o

    Thank you for taking the time to do a write-up. I don't think you are allowed to call yourself "color challenged" anymore. I will second or third or fourth the motion that you should teach more classes. I think you are a natural for it.

    Of course you have a fan club! Start teaching classes so we can get promoted from fans to groupies. B)

    Crystal

  11. So what is yours called?

    in All About Us and Off Topic

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    Only thing named is the shop vac:

    R2D2.

    Russ - that hit a funny bone! I will not be able to look at my shop vac the same again.

    After reading all this- I either am not very imaginative, or have not had inanimate objects with enough charater to be worthy of being named. The hubby, however, does name his things. But he is not terribly imaginative either, they are all called the same thing - "Mine". :)

    Crystal

  15. Some finished projects

    in Books, Journals and Photo Albums

    Posted

    Thanks guys and gal!

    Josh- It just looks like I have been busy - I won't tell you how long I've been working on these!

    Clay - Thanks alot, but I can't take credit for the reflection... that's all font. What did we do before the internet?

    I am understanding the frustration voiced by those who have done snaps and rivets, now. I would rather hand sew!

    Thanks again, everyone!

    Crystal

  19. Some finished projects

    in Books, Journals and Photo Albums

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    Thanks for all the nice comments, everyone! Had some fun with these.

    ArtS- I incorporated the seam into the left border of the pattern, it is an overlapping seam and glued together. I put some double stick tape on the back to help hold the concave shape, but the cover can be removed if needed.

    Thanks again!

    Crystal

  21. Your first projects

    in All About Us and Off Topic

    Posted

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    This scrapbook cover was one of my first figure carving projects. Notice all the dye spots on the carving from trying to dye the background. The back has a spot the size of a dime spilled on it.

    Clay- Now if you hadn't mentioned the spots, everyone would have thought they were there because they are antiques, not from mistakes. :)

    I've always been a fan of that last picture. I don't think you can say "cowboy" any better than that. I think it's great that all of those pieces are still around. Thanks for giving us a peak!

    Crystal

  22. Your first projects

    in All About Us and Off Topic

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    I'm going to post two firsts.

    First try at tooling:

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    During that attempt I determined that swivel knives were evil and there was no way they could be used by the average citizen. I decided that I would never try that "tooling" stuff again!

    Since I was never going to use a swivel knife again, I moved on to this:

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    This became a failure because the flaps cracked and split on the bend and the straps also cracked and spilt. I have learned so much since finding this wonderful place full of talented folks. I would redo that set of bags and do them the right way except I just can't bring myself to punch all of those holes and do all of that lacing again!

    Crystal

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