Solo Seat

[JohnD]

I don't usually post many pictures of my work, since I've asked for a lot of advice on this one I thought I should post it. It was supposed to be all black, but the guy saw one of my other seats at the shop and decided to go with the "sunburst". The picture of the girl was provided by the customer, as well as the warped seat pan. The lacing is a 3 loop spanish edge or cordover. Thanks again for the help in getting this done.

John

Edited March 5, 2010 by JohnD

[JohnD]

Also, Here is a close up of the face. The picture from the customer had no real detail and while making the pattern the fixed a few things, like made the eyes the same size and such, but he didn't like the changes so I kept the pattern as close to his picture as possible.

Now that I'm thinking about it, maybe I should have put this in the critique thread, cause I wouldn't mind if anyone had any critiques or advice to help me improve my work, so feel free to pick it apart.

John

[Storm]

Sweet! Betty Page!!! Turned out very nice!!!!!

[leatheroo]

Great looking seat...glad you got it finished in time....now, time to learn how to resize your pics!!!!!

[JohnD]

Wow, sorry about the pic size. When I previewed the post and clicked on them they didn't open that big, so I thought they were ok. I'll try to fix them.

[THE BIG RED VIKING]

Very cool seat. How do you figure out how much lace you are going to need?

[JohnD]

Thanks, The book I used as a reference tells you how much. I usually cut smaller lengths, like 3 or 4', to minimize stretching and wear from pulling the lace through the holes so many times.

Also, I can't find any way to edit the pics that are already posted so I'll try it here.