Leather Things You Put In Your Pocket Or Carry With You.

[UKRay]

If a woman is carrying a purse -- she doesn't need a jack sap

Best post a picture of Frankenpurse, Suze - otherwise folks might not understand... LOL

I certainly wouldn't want to get hit with it!

Ray

[Suze]

to you Ray

It's not that big.....see

However I think Jo could carry around a 2 year old in her purse. Hi cuz.

[grammyd]

Okay, here goes. I've included one other style too, from a Tandy kit, that I'd done with a group of kids up in PA.

For the braided bracelets, I sometimes use "plastic" lace to get colors I've not found yet in leather, particularly for local schools. I prefer to dye the leather strip black or a dark brown, then wrap it - no matter what color wrap I'm using. However, you can see the effect when that ISN'T done with this maroon and orange one (VA Tech colors)

I haven't done these kind of bracelets before. Are you putting something inside for it to hold it's shape like that?

[wildrose]

I learned how to make them courtesy of Roo, who posted a video of it on Youtube, and also sent me a drawing/directions. There are a few people here doing them.

I cut a strip of leather, stain it black, set the snaps, and punch an extra hole for the lace to feed through. The wrapped part is about 10 times the length of the band; the braided part is about 6 times it. The width of your strap and the thickness of the lace can affect those measurements. YOU MUST CUT ENOUGH, because unlike most projects, it's nigh impossible to splice more in.