TomSwede Report post Posted March 3, 2008 (edited) Practice piece I made from inspiration of Art S gift for his wife. First time I try something like this and sewing is something I have to work on. Main leather piece was no good, twisted and out of shape so I thought it'd make a good practice piece for new stuff. Only critiqiue I'm looking for is about the overall appearence. T here is a number of flaws that I already know off. Tom Edited March 3, 2008 by TomSwede Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Forgot one pic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drac Report post Posted March 3, 2008 that was practice?!?!? good grief man, don't sell yourself short! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TracyMoss Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Nice even gusset. what does the writing say? Name? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leatheroo Report post Posted March 3, 2008 very nice design tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Thanks Drac! I take it for true from a man who master maskmaking with the first one off! Thank you Tracy, worked hard with the stitchin. It's difficult and never more with thread with anitques. Ström=Stream, sländan= the dragonfly (well a sort of dragonfly) so the word reads in English: The dragonfly of the stream or maybe The streamdragonfly, why complicate things, lol. It'a Swedish brand of high-end fishingrods. Thank you Roo. Worked it right out of my head but a pattern was made for the sides....and some thinking and tinkering along the way. Had lotts of other stuff to do this last week so I have no count on the hours put into it but there are a few and lots of experince gained. Lesson here is, don't work with crappy material. I knew that from start but I was curious to see the outcome anyway. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Hatley Report post Posted March 3, 2008 (edited) TOM..... you did good.... you'll go far! what Font and where did it come from? Edited March 3, 2008 by Luke Hatley Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Thank you Luke! That's a very comforting thing to hear, i'll sure put my best effort into this and will try to stand out in the American competition aswell, this stuff is nowhere to find in Sweden (tooled leather), almost (not counting me). Tried to locate their homepage or logotype for you but nowhere to find. That is their logotype and my friend just gave me a print to work from a few years ago, carved it and had neckproblems and a break from leather so I pulled this one from the scrapbin now and made him a freebie. Have no idea what the font is but sure is very beautiful. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArtS Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Looks great Tom! I really like your workmanship and the colors. ArtS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tina Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Very nice Tom, keep up the good work and spread it all over the "ol' country" :-) For those who want to know the font, it's "Vivaldi" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Oh silly me, forgot one thing Luke! I scanned his rod sheath like on the (photgraphed) pic below (wich is Seadragonfly their spinningreel series) and blew it up in photosop, reworked and got a print that I could make the transfer from. Some four, five years ago . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Thank you Art, yeah you definetly are responsible for this one, I choose to sew from the inside just to complicate it some. It aint practice if it aint hard. The colour is nice, I agree. Took a major part of Tandys saddletan and some Fiebings red pro oil dye and stirred it up (should have measured the combo, darn). Got a really funny creamy gooey gel like mesh that was sweet as candy to apply. It dried very slowly(for stuff in this business) so I had time to dauber it on as I liked with a damp dishwashing sponge. Tack Tina! Gotta get a website going at some point but for now I build up experience and the shop aswell. Stitching grover is on top of my wish list at the moment, lol. Kind of you to help us out on that font. Heres a link to a resorceful site for cool fonts (at least last time I checked). http://www.dafont.com/ Wow, overwhelmed by the response on this one. Starting to think everyones fed up with the metal stuff I post, lol. It'll be more of that but as experience grows I think other things gonna come along just as much. Thank you all, a true pleasure to have this site up here in the cold blistering north and no leatherfriends to play with locally. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spider Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Tom, I always love your stuff. Metal or not. You have a great style about you. This one came out really good for a practice piece. I loved doing mine too and I gained much knowledge from it. Lesson after all was....get a freak'n sewing machine!!!! LOL Keep it up bro you are always good sto hear from. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SCOUTER Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Tom, AWESOME! That would also look GREAT in a belt! The tooling and font are really nice and the color is to die for! (Hope you can reproduce it!) Thanks for posting! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pip Report post Posted March 3, 2008 reel..ly nice, I am soooo sorry I couldn't resist the pun. I love the richness of the finish, the overall look is great. From a twisted out of shape peice of leather..... The creature on the original labelling looks more like a stonefly/mayfly/caddisfly to me, one has three tails, one two but iam b***ered if i can remember which way round it is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Okay, its early and I haven't finished my coffee yet, am I missing something obvious? A. How did you sew it? B. How in the world did you hold it together while sewing? When JMSaddler suggested making an awl out of a spoke, I did it, and stitched 15 stitches per inch and it turned out great, but I would not try what you've done here on a bet. Oh, I don't think that any machine could sew that the way it is constructed. Congratulations, on a job well done, Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Report post Posted March 3, 2008 Okay, its early and I haven't finished my coffee yet, am I missing something obvious? A. How did you sew it? B. How in the world did you hold it together while sewing? When JMSaddler suggested making an awl out of a spoke, I did it, and stitched 15 stitches per inch and it turned out great, but I would not try what you've done here on a bet. Oh, I don't think that any machine could sew that the way it is constructed. Congratulations, on a job well done, Kevin My guess is that he sewed it inside out and then flipped it to this configuration. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Report post Posted March 3, 2008 After some heavy brain picking and figuring out how I would "cheat" and do this, I came back to look at the photos again. I did miss something the first time around. I thought the sides were stitched directly to the tooling leather. Now I see that the tooling leather is sewn to another piece of leather and that is sewn inside out to the sides. Clear as mud. Thanks, Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 3, 2008 I'm overwhelmed with the response on this one! BIG THANKS to all of you guys and girls! Spider, sure was fun to do and it's a very good thing to know how to make all sorts of thing, one day..Sheridan and florals will come. Scouter, great idea! This would make a nice belt. Adding it to my wishlist, lol. Pip, I always love twisting with words. That's our favourite hobby at work but that's more twisting with anything anyone say and I wouldn't dare post any of that stuff here, lol. Last but not least, I'll try and explain the sewing for Kevin and David. It's really simple done and doesn't look very neat from the inside. Last pic will show all tools except my hands wich are kind of big to fit into the bag. The brown sides was cut to desired shape and I made a line that would be used as an guide to line it up correctly and are sewn directly to the tooled main piece. Glued them both down on the vertical part of one of the bags sides and stitched them both with one needle from top down to the bend. Then glued down the semi liner and whent back up with the needle, only this time getting that liner sewn as well. Same for next side of the bag. All remaining now is those bottom bends. Starting from the center on the bottom bend, from inside, using that guideline, i stitched inside to out, outside to in so forth with one needle up til I meet with the previous seem. Turn around and go back in the same manor, passing the center and continuing with the seem on the other side of the bag, turn around when seems meet and back to center. Done. Tied the ends together on the inside and superglued. Then same to the other brown side. as you can see in the pic I did stroll off the guideline wich was no fun 'cuz my rational senses screamed to me to step back and match the guideline but my gutfeeling equally loud screamed at me to go with what looks good on the outside and sacrifice the inside. It appeared as if I would have gone die hard on those guidelines I'd might get all loose and wobbly outside wich wasn't desired. I wanted the sides drumskin tight with the bag open for esthetics. Hope anyone can make any sense out of this 'cuz first off all explaining is hard and then again translate from Swedish, even thou I consider myself above average in English (for a Suede) is hard. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Report post Posted March 4, 2008 Wow, I am super impressed again. Thanks, Kevin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rayban Report post Posted March 4, 2008 Practice piece I made from inspiration of Art S gift for his wife. First time I try something like this and sewing is something I have to work on. Main leather piece was no good, twisted and out of shape so I thought it'd make a good practice piece for new stuff. Only critiqiue I'm looking for is about the overall appearence. T here is a number of flaws that I already know off. Tom Flaws?? I don't see no stinkin flaws!! Great job, neat idea. I really like the carving of....your name(?) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 4, 2008 (edited) Thank you kevin and Rayban! It's a Swedish brand that makes high-end fishing rods n reels. I have tried to explain the word a bit earlier in the thread. It translates to something like The streamdragonfly but Pip have suggested that it's probably called Stonefly/Mayfly/Caddisfly by judging from a pic i took of the insect on their stylized logotype. It's for a friend who knows he's getting something but not what it actually is. He's sen the tooling before assembly and loved it. Sent him an sms to come pick it up but he is in London and sent following back -oh stop bugging me I wanna know what it is and enjoy my stay here without wondering about it. I have previouslt sent him mms'es with closeup snaps of the bag that doesn't reveal what it is. He's getting really anxious 'bout it now I think, lol Thanks! Tom Edited March 4, 2008 by TomSwede Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spider Report post Posted March 4, 2008 Yup, you're still ROCK'n!!! Awesome bag. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 5, 2008 Thank you Spider! I really appreciate it! Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
