Ladies like the butterfly boxes ...

[Gezzer]

Friend of the first lady I built a butterfly box for decided that she wanted one .  Thanks for looking

 

 

[chuck123wapati]

that is nice, tell us about the forming and how did you sew the bottom.

 

[Gezzer]

First let's be clear .... I am awful with photos and even worse at explaining anything . With that said here goes .

lay out pattern , punch stitching holes , tool and dye , because I have not been happy with my attempts at the box stitch ..... I cheat!!  I use a ledger ( what I call it ) strip and it allows a simple saddle stitch and stitch it inside the wall of the box while it is flat . Pull ends together and do a crossover stitch from top to bottom ,makes basic box walls , cut bottom piece and push inside  to rest on ledger strip . I make it a tight fit and you would have to try to push it past the ledger so I don't worry that it will ever push past the ledger ( if you were worried you could glue it in ). Cut top 1 inch larger than top of box , tool, dye and wet form on a piece of 4 " PVC pipe . Notice the large zip tie is backwards to prevent leaving teeth marks on the leather , let dry , slick edges and call it good .  

 

I bet that is CLEAR AS MUD

[Gezzer]

won't let me upload couple more pics 

[Gezzer]

[rleather]

I can see why her friend  would want one. That is really nice.

[Gezzer]

Thank you sir !