some of my crappy leather work

[Frodo]

The stems are rusted barb wire

[chuck123wapati]

1 hour ago, Frodo said:

The stems are rusted barb wire

most folks don't have that much imagination, those are beautiful.

[Doc Reaper]

I wanna see it on the wire, side view, that’s just too cool

[Bert03241]

Very awesome, beautiful work

I was really hoping for carppy stuff then I'd post mine LOL

[Frodo]

here is what you need,  the number on the pattern is the number of  each you need

 

[PastorBob]

That's pretty cool, @Frodo. How do you connect them all together?

[Frodo]

48 minutes ago, PastorBob said:

That's pretty cool, @Frodo. How do you connect them all together?

use anything you want for a stem, wire. or stick

wrap it with green tape or cloth

each petal has a longish stem, that is where you wrap and glue

place the first petal on the wire and wrap secure with thread, place another but move over half the width of the petal, add glue where they over lap and at the stem . wrap with thread, move over half the width, glue/wrap  continue around. I wrap 5  petals then let the glue set up. then do anther set

leave the petals oriented straight up till finished wrapping

then  bend the petals out and shape the flower. as you wish

my roses are about 6 or 7''' wide   

 

[Frodo]

21 hours ago, Doc Reaper said:

I wanna see it on the wire, side view, that’s just too cool

I sold it.  It was in a larceny Bourbon bottle with marbles in the bottom.

looked good !!  

[Frodo]

On 7/5/2022 at 6:54 AM, PastorBob said:

That's pretty cool, @Frodo. How do you connect them all together?

I wanted to show you how to get started, This is demonstration only, the leather has been cut and that is all

grab the 6 petals  roll one up and tie it to a stick

place the others as shown, wrapping with string each petal.

6 oz or less.  this is using up my scrap  

[Frodo]

wrap what you just did up

 

place a large petal just  about a 1/4'' higher than the bud

wrap with string/thread.  place another same height over lap by half. this is where you glue the over laps as you go

continue on till you run out of 15 petals

then trim  and fit that pestal  over your tie. make you some leaves attach them. 

this should be enough info to get you there.   

this one is going to be yellow with a blue over spray  hoping for a hybrid look 

 

[chuck123wapati]

Thanks Frodo i can see it would be a good thing to do with off cuts. 

[jrdunn]

On 7/4/2022 at 11:52 AM, Bert03241 said:

Very awesome, beautiful work

I was really hoping for carppy stuff then I'd post mine LOL

Then we could start a whole new sub-forum (I got plenty!)

[Frodo]

1 minute ago, jrdunn said:

Then we could start a whole new sub-forum (I got plenty!)

here is the first bag I made.  I thought this was the schizzel at the time

plus side. I designed it and I like the design

negative. it is 9 oz and the stitches look like poo

[Grumpymann]

Ever think of doing a vid?

[Frodo]

1 hour ago, Grumpymann said:

Ever think of doing a vid?

Yes I have,  maybe i will. 

I made one on how to make a paracord rifle sling/guitar sling

[chuck123wapati]

37 minutes ago, Frodo said:

Yes I have,  maybe i will. 

I made one on how to make a paracord rifle sling/guitar sling

i was thinkin something along the lines of Skynard LOL.

[Frodo]

10 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said:

i was thinkin something along the lines of Skynard LOL.

Curtis Lowe   

[chuck123wapati]

16 minutes ago, Frodo said:

Curtis Lowe   

oh heck yea!!!!! 

[PastorBob]

On 7/9/2022 at 5:32 PM, Frodo said:

this should be enough info to get you there.

That is a fantastic way of creatively using some scrap pieces.  I will take a crack at that.  Thanks!!!

[Brokenolmarine]

Very nice use of scraps, very creative.  I have met a couple other other gifted folks like yourself.

One member of our fly tying group could see flies in just about anything.  We were cleaning up, the dried glue drops we scraped off the table top became ladybug flies, larger drops became bettles.  Yes, they caught fish...