Members badger Posted April 10, 2009 Members Report Posted April 10, 2009 Dog bowls are good for holding casing liquid on the bench. They're designed so our furry mates can't knock them over, even when they're in a hurry for dinner. Just the thing for a leatherworking fool like me, with a sponge in his hand and other things on his mind For patterns, I use whatever's handy. Kitchen's full of round stuff. I use 'Girly' things . There, I said it! Badger Quote
Contributing Member UKRay Posted April 10, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 10, 2009 Great idea, Badger, but a fraction too late 'cos I just swooshed water all over the workroom again! The dog bowl is now the casing water bowl but what am I going to use for big sweeping curves now? Doh! Dog bowls are good for holding casing liquid on the bench. They're designed so our furry mates can't knock them over, even when they're in a hurry for dinner. Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted April 10, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 10, 2009 (edited) I tried Johanna's suggestion of using glasses for circles/curves but it didn't work out so well for me. I couldn't see what I was trying to draw when I took them off to trace them..... Then again, I have a 'circle template' left over from my engineering days, as well as some other drafting tools.....well, they're leatherworking tools now. Edited April 10, 2009 by TwinOaks Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members 2MadJacks Posted April 10, 2009 Members Report Posted April 10, 2009 Tk and I are on the same page here. Just draw out half, cut it out then fold to get the perfect pattern. use a 45 cent piece of white construction board/paper. just use it to get your basic pattern then transfer it to something a little more durable. good luck and just think simple. sometime we tend to outsmart ourselves to much. James Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted April 10, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 10, 2009 $.45 piece of paper???!!!!! Hey everybody, 2MadJacks has extra money to throw around!!!! You can also get rolls of 'craft paper' pretty cheaply- less size limit with that. There might be a few rolls left of that hideous Christmas gift wrapping paper that your significant other bought on clearance, and it's got a white/plain side to it..... For more durable "master" patterns, I like the plastic pocket folders from wallyworld. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Contributing Member UKRay Posted April 10, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 10, 2009 I make all my 'master' patterns from vinyl flooring samples. The stores give away or throw out the old sample books when the new stock comes in. It is good and thick and virtually indestructibile as well as being free! If you 'must' have a big pattern then get a big chunk of scrap flooring and cut it out of that. Easy! It is also good for making up trial versions of a project as, with a little care, it can be cut, punched, laced, stitched and rivetted just like leather but at zero cost. Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
Members tonyc1 Posted April 10, 2009 Members Report Posted April 10, 2009 Yeah Ray, that's what I use. Tony. Quote
Suze Posted April 10, 2009 Report Posted April 10, 2009 I have already taken the glass - beer bottle - plate - whatever and drew around it on a piece of template plastic and cut it out --- bingo one hole template. also look in the scrapbooking supplies - there are a lot of different circle - oval cutting tools there. Or the quilting department. I like to get the plastic from the quilting department that has a graph printed on it. A bit expensive, but it makes laying out a pattern easier. This from the sewing geek - amazing how many of the "techniques" transfer over....... but for the most part if you want it to match - do the fold and cut. Or look for something with that shape. Quote Reality is for people who lack imagination Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right. ~Henry Ford
Members 2MadJacks Posted April 10, 2009 Members Report Posted April 10, 2009 $.45 piece of paper???!!!!! Hey everybody, 2MadJacks has extra money to throw around!!!!You can also get rolls of 'craft paper' pretty cheaply- less size limit with that. There might be a few rolls left of that hideous Christmas gift wrapping paper that your significant other bought on clearance, and it's got a white/plain side to it..... For more durable "master" patterns, I like the plastic pocket folders from wallyworld. Now.. why do you want to pick on me? For 45 cents you get a 22"x28" piece of heavy paper/posterboard that will last you if you take care of your patterns. And one sheet will make plenty of small patterns. And yes that old wrapping paper isn't a bad idea for a onetime use. Well anyhow good luck to Monticore James Quote
Members badger Posted April 10, 2009 Members Report Posted April 10, 2009 I know a holster maker, the guy I bought my first Pearson from, who uses nothing but breakfast cereal packets for his pattern material. He draws around them with a pencil and cuts the leather out. Some of his older patterns are 30 years old and still going strong. Badger Quote
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