Members Harag Posted June 13, 2013 Members Report Posted June 13, 2013 I like the leaves idea, thanks for posting up the items. Quote
Members cst Posted June 13, 2013 Author Members Report Posted June 13, 2013 My pleasure, thanks for looking Quote
Members Aurelie Posted June 13, 2013 Members Report Posted June 13, 2013 nice job on the leaf Quote In for a penny, in for a pound....
Members Feraud Posted June 13, 2013 Members Report Posted June 13, 2013 Would one more "nice job" be too redundant? Hope not! Quote
Members Mactechbri Posted June 15, 2013 Members Report Posted June 15, 2013 How did you do the iphone case???? Bri Quote
Members cst Posted June 15, 2013 Author Members Report Posted June 15, 2013 First I made a template/prototype from a brown paper sack my grocery store uses. It's cheaper than experimenting with leather. When I had it worked out I cut up some 2-3oz leather, dyed it with some of Fiebing's light brown oil dye and stitched me all together. When I was in the store the other day buying paper for a book a guy asked me to make him, I saw an iPhone 4 case for $.99. I bought that and some nifty wheat fibre paper. I had to sand the graphic off the case, dye it and then I cemented it to the leather and then stitched it on. The case is flexible which is important for inserting and removing the phone. Cutting out the hole for the camera was easy, but burnishing it was tricky. I did this before I sewed the phone case on. I also got it fairly wet and stretched and rolled the edge of that hole hoping to make it more durable. This didn't leave much to stitch to. Here are a couple more. Over all, it wasn't to difficult and it works pretty well. It's too easy to overstuff though. Quote
Members cst Posted June 15, 2013 Author Members Report Posted June 15, 2013 Here's the beginnings of the book. First one I've ever done. It's gonna be a biggun. 200 pages plus a leather cover. I've no idea what to ask for it and wasn't smart enough to get that settled beforehand. Quote
Members Harag Posted June 15, 2013 Members Report Posted June 15, 2013 How did you do the iphone case???? Bri Bri, Look on You Tube for a guy named "Ian Atkinson" he has some excellent videos, and please dont forget to donate to him so he keeps making them. http://ianatkinson.net/leather/ Quote
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