cutesy things to do with scrap leather

[MsSage]

Quick question....on the star one how firm is it? The reason I am asking is I want to make something that has a part of it cut out.

Thanks! you did great work

[Drac]

bob

no back hair? LOL

sage

bitte! I'll check it tomorrow and let ya know. if nothing else you could try wetting and forming yours with heat to stiffen it. also the lines are only 1/8" wide using 5-6 oz leather.

Edited March 29, 2008 by Drac

[TomSwede]

Very nice and cute stuff!

Tom

[Pip]

jsut

nope, no stiffening. cut, case, carve, airbrush, seal with super sheen. used 1/4" punch for the holes so the sticks have just enough room to slide in but still have enough friction to hold 'em in place. the leather's 5-6 oz veg tan.

froggie

thanks! I've got a ton of scrap (okay, maybe only half a ton) so I gotta come up with ways to use it that'll hopefully make either money or somebody happy when they get it.

i have thought of making rune sets out of scraps, chess peices (travel chess) with board foldind into carrying tube, I don't have enough scrap at the moment, cause only really starting out and far too precious about every little bit of leather. I daresay everything will change .... soon

[Spider]

Drac, These are awesome!!! I love your idea. I will post one I did later but these are truly money brotha. If nothing else they can pay for the booth.

[JRLeather2]

These are made from my scraps and some leftovers from belts I buy at Goodwill, my wife sells them like crazy......we get the metal backs for the barrettes at Hobby Lobby.

[zman7458]

what a cool way to use up those little scrap peices we all have layin' around (my cats usually wind up turning mine into toys). I've considered turning some of my longer scraps into place holders for books. now I have something to do with the smaller peices. thanks Drac

Edited March 30, 2008 by zman7458

[broncobuster]

maybe we should have a scrap bin show off thread. it could give all of us ideas.

[Drac]

broncobuster

that was kinda my intention with this one. was hoping everybody would post up what they'd come up with to make out of scrap instead of just color swatches/spreaders/need something to write on quick pieces. that way I'd have new ideas to steal... er, borrow... um, I mean get inspired from. *L*

so come everybody! put on those thinking caps (I'm sure someone's wil fit over his tinfoil one) and get ta thunkin'! leathercat's coasters, mine and jeff's barrettes (gee, that just sounds kinda odd ), what's next? I've got a couple more uses for me scraps too, but we need more on here! let's get those hamsters a-runnin' and those wheels a-turnin'!

[Beaverslayer]

I used to make these "Hammer Hats" out of scrap, but they would take sooo long to make I don't do it anymore.

Ken