Sunflower Photo Album

[Double U Leather]

Here's the next order done...or at least one part of the order. This customer also ordered another, more traditional Sheridan style photo album. It's on the bench now. Anyway, this is the first time I'd attempted sunflowers, and I can tell you it was a bit of a stretch. I'm a bit partial to a seed pod center that you hit once instead of a tiny little seeder you have to hit a bazillion times!! Nonetheless, I was pretty happy with how it turned out. I hope the customer likes it as well. Have a look and let me know your thoughts. Stay blessed.

Edited March 27, 2013 by Double U Leather

[Jax]

I really love that, thanks for sharing

[benlilly1]

I DO like the sunflowers! It's nice to see something different than the norm.

[skullandbonessocal74]

Very beautiful work

[bissetdesign]

Nice detail & like benlilly1, the sunflowers look superb, I think it works great, beautiful work.

Whats the story with the M= ?

[Double U Leather]

Thanks for the compliments gang. I do appreciate them. I was skeptical about the sunflowers at first, but they turned out pretty nice.

Bisset...the M double bar is the brand of the cutting horse ranch that this album is for.

[Dennis Oakley]

Did you have a pattern for the sunflower or is it your own design? I ask because a customer just asked me today to make a journal with a sunflower on the cover.

[Alvetjarn]

Wow, really stunning sunflowers! And as several have asked above, own design or bought ? Possible to share pattern ?

[Double U Leather]

Dennis, Alvetjarn...thanks for the compliments. As for the pattern, it's my own design. In fact, it's rather redneck the way I did it. I had the size of the circles for the flow of the Sheridan style laid out, and then started the flowers. I started with the centers first. Here comes the redneck part...for the larger flowers, I think I used a quarter and for the smaller flowers I think it was a nickel. Then I drew 4 lines going out from the center, with the first line being straight with where the stem would be. Then I drew 4 more lines evenly spaced between the previous 4. I don't know if that makes sense, but it really wasn't overly hard to do. And, uncharacteristically for me, I actually drew stuff on paper!! I didn't draw the whole pattern, but I certainly did draw some flowers and such before I carved 'em. Since this was the first time I'd done sunflowers, all of the filler flowers, etc. were different as well. Anyway, I hope that helps. Thanks again for the kind words.

[bissetdesign]

Bisset...the M double bar is the brand of the cutting horse ranch that this album is for.

Ahhh thanks, now that makes a bit more sense to me now, I'm sure you guys in the US were thinking "durrrrrr is he really asking that?"