Brokenolmarine Report post Posted January 3, 2023 The middle daughter and family visited for the long New Year's weekend and she had picked up a pair of Camera Strap kits from Tandy. She wanted me to help her modify the two kits to make a special gift for her BFF, a semi-pro photographer. She had ideas and wanted to make it happen. This is the daughter I made the epi-pen pouch for. Her idea for the camera strap was to cut a "view" window into one strap and sew it to the other strap, then sew beads to the bottom strap to sew a horse hair braid from the BFF's horse's tail to. OK, good concept, but: - We needed to cut out the window and Cement the two pieces together. - Then stitch them together for additional strength and cosmetics. - The beads? One on each end, one in the middle, and run the braid thru the middle bead, and into each end bead and sew the ends in place. Little strain on the braid and low profile. I advised her on the build, showed her various techniques but had her perform them. The tooling choices were hers, as were the dyes. The beads she had to pick up on the way out of town and she has to pull and braid the horse hair now that she has the size to braid it to. She was thrilled with the outcome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brokenolmarine Report post Posted January 3, 2023 She added barbed wire accents to the end strap pieces.... After the entire project was done, she told me that the next time she was in OKC, she was stopping by Tandy and buying another kit and stopping off and spending the night on her way home so we could do another project together. "This was so much fun." I think the project turned out fantastic for her first effort... she was so proud. She is a great artist, making jewelry, spinning her own yarn, making clothes, painting, crochet, knitting.... now she is hooked on leatherwork. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwight Report post Posted January 3, 2023 Since you are our brother in the leather business . . . That makes her our niece . . . And we're proud of her as well . . . You certainly are blessed . . . May God bless, Dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PastorBob Report post Posted January 3, 2023 There is always something special about working together with family. Whether leather, or cutting wood in the field. Dad still uses a woodburning furnace, and was needing some wood cut this past weekend. Was nice to be out there with him as we filled up the truck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
