Jimbob Report post Posted October 19, 2011 Ever tried to buy some turquoise leather for a bagpack, ever tried to locate some 138 Nylon thread in turquoise......how about finding a few Navajo style silver and turquoise conchose u and ur customer can afford?? All the leather guys around did not have an inch of turquoise leather nowhere.....not even the big guys....then a lady in Oklahoma had some....me working nite shift....could not call right away....duhhhh sold...bummer. So why not try e-bay.....all kind of sellers, surprise....some had turquoise leather in about 2-3 oz.....yeahhh, for 5-7 dollar a sf....to much for me....! Finally, from the leatherguy a nice piece of beautiful turquoise 1-2 oz leather...this must do... On to the thread, sure enough the trhead exchange in NC will have it...? NOT.....no turquoise in 138.....zzzzzzzz.....oh well, found some skyblue from LE-thread in Charlotte....that hopefully will match.... Now the conchos, almost done.....hahaha....5-9 Dollar one small one and I was thinking of using 5 or 6....NOT Well, back to e-bay....little Lady in MO sold a fake silver (German silver ) Doll belt, the one look like navajo concha belts....nice fake but beautiful turquoise stone in center....old, needs lots of cleaning up...!! well, some dark tan 3=4 oz chap leather for all the main parts of the bagpack.....some elbow grease and a good pattern, nice hardware out of my stockpile....and this one should be done soon!!! after this one I will do pink, yellow or ashgreen....but NO MORE turquoise, hahaha... will keep ya posted how I get along, soon with pictures... Aloha James Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WinterBear Report post Posted October 19, 2011 Turquoise is a PITA to match or even find as anything but suede lace, that's for sure. For the Thread Exchange, maybe try Persian green in the polyester?--It might be close to what you want. http://www.thethreadexchange.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=TTE&Category_Code=polyester-thread-size-138 For your next attempt (ha!, IF you decide to be nuts enough to do a turquoise bag again), Springfield Leather has some kidskin in turquoisey-colors, depending if you want more towards the green or blue turquoise color. Kidskin: http://springfieldleather.com/product/25471/Kidskin%2CFinished%2CAutumn-Teal/ http://springfieldleather.com/product/25467/Kidskin%2CFinished%2CNephrite/ http://springfieldleather.com/product/25764/Kidskin%2CFinished%2CBlueBird/ http://springfieldleather.com/product/25772/Kidskin%2CFinished%2CEmeraldBlue/ These companies also have turquoisey-color leather, mostly suedes. Deer suede: http://www.hideandfur.com/inventory/0983.html http://www.furandhide.com/showcat.asp?id=8 Pigskin suede: http://www.aaanativearts.com/catalog2/index.php?cName=leather-turquoise-pigskin Misc leather--Closeouts http://www.aaanativearts.com/catalog2/index.php?cName=leather-dark-turquoise-suede Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
