bison Posted June 22, 2011 Report Posted June 22, 2011 I'm posting this here not because the work is anywhere near as good as what I usually see here, but because I'm proud of how much I got done in such a short time. I got a call from a purchaser for a super yacht on Wednesday last week. She wanted eight trifold padfolios with the name and image of the boat and eight binder covers with the image of the boat as well as a hand sewn book with 240 pages in it...and she wanted it by this Thursday...could I do it? I said I'd try. Well, got it designed, got the boat image knocked down into some simple lines (they gave me complete artistic license with it), and got them all done in just five days! Shipped them out this morning. My daughter even sewed two of them to help me out...and she'd never done leather work before! We figured there are about 15,000 stitches in all...and all by hand. Anyway, I owe a lot to the folks on this site who've inspired me. Hopefully, this will help someone realize that if they love this enough, they need to just go for it. They'll be amazed at what they can accomplish! Dave Quote
Phatdaddy Posted June 22, 2011 Report Posted June 22, 2011 WOW! My thumbs hurt just thinking about that many stitches. Way to go, that is a great accomplishment. Quote
Members Rhide Posted June 22, 2011 Members Report Posted June 22, 2011 Excellent! Of course you're cutting your daughter in on the commission, right? Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted June 22, 2011 Contributing Member Report Posted June 22, 2011 Excellent! Of course you're cutting your daughter in on the commission, right? Child labor is free when it's family. If they argue about it with you.....start charging them for dinner. "That meatloaf is gonna cost you 6 inches of stitching....The roll? That's two inches. Don't even ask how much you have to sew for dessert." 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.
AndyL1 Posted June 22, 2011 Report Posted June 22, 2011 Child labor is free when it's family. If they argue about it with you.....start charging them for dinner. "That meatloaf is gonna cost you 6 inches of stitching....The roll? That's two inches. Don't even ask how much you have to sew for dessert." HAHA! Nice work too by the way! -Andy Quote Blackthorn Leather on Etsy • Blackthorn Leather on Facebook
bison Posted June 22, 2011 Author Report Posted June 22, 2011 She made sure we had a cash deal before she agreed to help! Excellent! Of course you're cutting your daughter in on the commission, right? Mike, I like the way you think! Child labor is free when it's family. If they argue about it with you.....start charging them for dinner. "That meatloaf is gonna cost you 6 inches of stitching....The roll? That's two inches. Don't even ask how much you have to sew for dessert." Quote
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