Bible cover

[SwampyCar]

I decided to make myself a Bible cover this week. I don’t sell, so I just buy the cheap tandy economy sides. Maybe one day I’ll spring for some herman oak or something. I kinda like the rustic character though, it makes the items easier to use. If anybody’s seen the brand before, that would be cool. 

~5 oz veg tan

-roughly 11”x8”x3” “storage space”

-saddle stitch with pricking iron and 1mm thread (~5 sti)

-finished with Neatsfoot oil and mink oil compound

-5 thong mystery braid as described in “braiding leather” by Bruce Grant. Roughly 8oz veg tan

-larger for most bibles, but it fits my study material (nkjv scoffield bible, cheap composition notebook, cheap faux leather notebook, and various office supplies)

-if you squint your eyes and tilt your head to the left, the snaps and bottom of the brand makes it look like one of those cat characters from Japan.

Edited 12 hours ago by SwampyCar
Change the wording a bit

[PastorBob]

That is a cool design.  I really like it.  Stitching looks clean all the way around. That brand is pretty cool too.  The only thing i would add would be to slick the edges, even those on the mystery braid.  Well done.

[Dwight]

All in all a good job . . .  but as another pastor besides Bob  . . .  as he  said I would slick the edges real good . . . 

PLUS . . .  I always run an edger around the leather . . . knock off those little peek-a-boos that slip up just above the edge . . .  make it look like a torn piece of paper.

But I do like the design . . .  you did a good job.  Especially the designs on the flap and the back . . .  I'd never attempt it because I would get almost done . . . and I'd have a double line I could not cover up.

That is also why I don't do a lot of stamping . . . etc.

May God bless,

Dwight