Clutch Purse And A Wallet Off The Bench

[Chief31794]

Don't get many requests for a clutch purse, but occasionally someone will order one. I put this one out recently.

Chief

[Rohn]

That is a beauty! Very nice work.

[MonicaJacobson]

I almost missed this one. Very nice!

[Wild Bill46]

Man -O -Man CHIEF,

This is a beautiful clutch purse, Great looking tooling, and lacing. True to the artistry I have always seen from you,

keep it up,

[Chief31794]

That is a beauty! Very nice work.

Thanks Rohn.

I almost missed this one. Very nice!

Thanks, I appreciate the nice comments.

Man -O -Man CHIEF,

This is a beautiful clutch purse, Great looking tooling, and lacing. True to the artistry I have always seen from you,

keep it up,

Thanks Wild Bill.

Chief

[DoubleC]

Chief, that's beautiful. Cheryl

[Samalan]

Chief that sure is nice work!!!

[Chief31794]

Chief, that's beautiful. Cheryl

Chief that sure is nice work!!!

Thanks, both of you. I appreciate the nice remarks.

Chief

[oscar621]

That's amazing! but how? I can't figure out in what order you did the tool work and dye? Will you share?

[Chief31794]

That's amazing! but how? I can't figure out in what order you did the tool work and dye? Will you share?

Oscar,

I'm a little confused, if you mean basically how I accomplished the look, it is:

Cased the leather (See Bob Parks Post in "How Do I Do That" forum on properly casing leather)

Transfered the designs to the purse, in this case I used a craftaid, but it's nearly as easy to do with a tracing on tracing film.

Cut the lines of the design with a swivel knife

Used Barry King Thumbprints to put the depressions in the flower petals.

Used Leaf Liners on the leaves

Used Flower Centers on the center of the flowers.

Used stops on the bottom of the petal lines

Used a veiner to decorate the leaves

Uses a lifter on the center of the outside of the petals.

Beveled all lines

Cut decorative cuts with a swivel knife

Cut the edge of the leaves with a swivel knife to give them the "jagged" appearance.

Let project dry thouroughly

Applied Tandy Saddle Tan Gel Antique (the only tandy staining product that I use) very liberally, rubbed it in well with a sheepskin pad)

Allowed to dry somewhat, then wiped with paper shop towels lightly to remove excess antique paste leaving the residue in the depressions.

Allowed the project to dry thouroughly (24 hours)

Applied two light coats of Pure Neatsfoot Oil, allowing about 4 hours between the coats and then waited till the next day for it to settle and smooth out.

Applied two coats of Clear Lac to seal the project. Allowed to dry for another 24 hours.

Laced it using a double loop stitch with high quality lace.

Hope that helps,

Chief

Edited July 2, 2014 by Chief31794