New purse

[Dan Hammons]

Hi All,

I just finished this purse this morning and I think I;m all caught up on the roses and purses for now. Dan

[Regis]

Looks great. Is the lacing decorative or actually fastening purse togather?

Regis

[Dan Hammons]

The lace is What is holding it together

[BruceGibson]

Amazing, Dan! I can't let my wife see that--she'll want one. Seriously. Mighty fine work.

What kind of dye did you use?

[pepin1948]

This wife wants one! :biggrin: Too bad my hubby would just say "make it yourself!" :

That's really beautiful, especially the coloring job.

[Dan Hammons]

Amazing, Dan! I can't let my wife see that--she'll want one. Seriously. Mighty fine work.

What kind of dye did you use?

Hi Bruce , The Green is Fielbings Kelly green and the red is Tandy pro dye. I think the real secret to the color is the first coat I put on. I deluted tandy yellow down to a around 50% and cover leaves stems and roses. Then I started shading the Green deluted 50% stating at the center out and same with the roses. With a black background you want the edges lighter to seperate them. Don't worry to much about getting green on your background it is a good base color for black anyway. The final coat is a dry bruch of each color. Sealed it with Neat lac and after that dryed i used high-lighter to fill in small places but wipe about (0% of what I put on off. By useing yellow as a base coat it intensifies your green and reds

[BruceGibson]

Thank you! It's beautiful, and if you don't mind, I'll shamelessly steal everything you just told me!