Two Tone Belt

[jackd942]

Very nice! Beautiful work.

[Double U Leather]

Hey gang.........sorry for the delay in responses. Once a post leaves the show off area, I rarely look at them again. The only reason I saw this one, was the Two Tone Belt title. Didn't realize it was mine...LOL. Anyway, Zoom.....I use a Singer 211G165 (I think that's the numbers) for most of my stitching. It's a great machine I've had for a long time, and works wonderfully. It will sew some pretty thick stuff too. Alex....here's the sequence I use. Tool it, let it dry overnight, dye, let it dry overnight, cover with NeatLac, let it dry for at least 4 hours, second coat of NeatLac, dry for 4 hours, antique, TanKote finish, stitch, and then finish edges. Hope that helps. Be blessed all.

[asallwey]

Thanks for the reply! Just a quick follow-up.

Are the light areas recessed because of tooling in relation to the dark areas (below the surface level of the dark areas)? To me it kind of looks like the center of the designs might be the same height as the dark area. I guess this is because I haven't tried tooling yet. If they are recessed, I'm thinking you dyed with a light color (which one?), then followed with NeatLac, antique and TanKote. Therefore the dark areas are not from dyeing with a dark dye, but rather from the antique.

Am I figuring this out or off-base?

Alex