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Nothing wrong with that. Is the bluish fringe suede?

I haven't tried it (and it may sound gross) but according to Valerie Michael saliva is an excellent burnishing agent. Maybe try giving an edge on a scrap of leather a spit shine hehe.

Hot dog! That's a purdy purse. Did you line it at all? I like the tooling and the blue fringe adds a nice flair. I bet people will be asking where you got it. Then they'll look all surprised when you say you made it. Hehe

Oh no gussets? The front back and sides are one piece? A Splitter will prove most valuable. And the stohlman method of "welting"/piping is pretty much what you're doing. It's shown in one of his case making books. Bag is looking great so far. How do you measure the zipper tape?

Well that's a lot easier than I woulda thought (well easier said than done I'm sure) seems similar to Stohlman's way. So the bag is going to be turned right? I guess that makes sense now that I think of it, why else would you use piping haha. I'll probably steal your braiding soap idea too. I have the 8" heritage splitter. It works pretty well. They can be a bit pricey, but worth it.

I tried a bag and it wasn't all that great. I'd like to see what you do for the lining. For some reason thats the hardest part for me haha. And I thought about welting/piping too but wasn't sure the best way to do it. Yours looks real nice so far

Very interested in this. Especially how you will do the piping and liner.

Haha yeah. It's easy to get lost in it.

Nice. The thing with decorative cuts is that it is more a personal preference kinda thing. Some people like to balance it out, some like a lot of cuts, and I've seen very nice work that didn't use them at all, not that the artist couldn't do it, just that he preferred not to. There are many styles and approaches to them, you just have to do what you like and make them your own. It's only too much if you think it is. I think your approach is more along the traditional route, and nothing wrong there.

Cj artist is right. Wouldn't take long to stitch them. Nigel doesn't use a machine either. As far as tooling ideas there are tons of neat geometric patterns you can do with different stamps. There's even a basket weave stamp that offers several possibilities. A simple crease would look nice too. Have you ever considered braiding handles? Just another idea. You can even try the mystery braid. That would allow you to have solid ends to rivet to the basket just a thought

That's cool! Nigel Armitage's on YouTube has a good tutorial on making bag handles. I'm not sure if it's the style you want. I believe they are rolled handles. But what your doing is simple and effective. Nothing wrong with that. Basket looks good too!

I second the use of super 77 or 90 spray as @Colt W Knight mentioned. And cotton does fray a lot..

Thanks @Wedgetail, she has been wanting one for a while and I'm just now making it haha. I'll probably be making more with a few changes.

Thanks. Stitching chisels punch right through it haha.

Oh yeah I shoulda said it is. It's a body glove? Just a generic case. It's flexible too tho. I believe it said it's a "gel" case. But even at that it's rigid enough. I did see somewhere where someone wet moulded a case the phone snapped into. That would be too difficult for me but would be super awesome too haha. Also the wrist loop is just a piece of 325 paracord with a Matthew walker knot on the end of it. Her favorite colors are green and blue. I found this out after I started. Just so happened I was already going with green and blue haha. Lucked out.

It's amazing your stitching stayed straight with the scotch... Unless you're like me and see a little crooked any way, scotch would even it out hehe

Howdy all, been a while for me but I made this thing! My step moms birthday is coming up and she's mentioned she wanted a phone wallet. So I made one. I used 4)5 oz horween tumbled Essex in parisian blue and .8 green tiger thread. The card slots we're split down to 1 mm and it's lined with cotton fabric. I didn't do much with the edges because of the fabric. Next time I'll trim it short so I can do the edges better. Otherwise I'm pretty happy with it. Thanks for looking. All comments and critiques welcomed. Cheers!

Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit! Looks great. I have no clue how to do zipper so, one up on me haha.

Nice. I wonder about scales falling g off tho. Is that an issue?

Looks nice. I like how u used the cobra head with that snake skin. Good idea. I've never used snake. Is it hard to work?

Another home run. Sexy wallet.

Looks good! I like your name ( it's mine too haha) not many Trenton out there. Keep it up

Looks good! I think a 9spi would look real nice. But that's a lot of stitching haha.