2015 Keep Making Stuff Monthly Challenge

[MonicaJacobson]

By the way, TRH, I meant to comment on your sunburst purple wallet - super cool. We took a leaf from your book and went over the whole smudged inside of mine last night. I also like that you made the inside large piece black and pigskin. Gave some variation in texture.

Here's the insides of mine after the sunburst job (compliments of luthier husband who has been dying to sunburst something). It's weirdly textured because of the Aussie we dyed over. I know... silly us.... but I kind of like the texture, and the dye isn't coming off.

[rosiart]

It's really hard to follow Monica on this one, but here goes. I hadn't signed up for these as I was unsure that I would be able to complete the project given that I was away for most of this month but since I got one finished before the deadline I thought that I would post it.

The outer is from Tandy, one of the designer sheets they had on sale before Christmas, so I think it is cow. I made a mistake with the inner goatskin leather that I used. It's about the right weight but is too squishy, it should have been a firmer temper. It was a pain to sew when I got to multiple layers. I added the flap for security, although given the squishiness of the interior leather, I don't think anything would fall out.

Monica, I love your wallet and I think the new interior colours are gorgeous. Your scales are incredible!

[thefanninator]

Monica the inside looks great.

Nice job Rosiart. I think the goatskin looks great and nice touch with the snaps.

[MonicaJacobson]

Nice, Rosemary, I love the outside textured look. Also, the wrapover with snaps. Your interior is way better than mine. In fact, I'm just learning interiors, so it's nice seeing what everybody has done with them.

[TheLoudOne]

Jumped in yesterday and finished today. Only wish I had had more time to spend on it.

[texback]

Monica your wallet is beautiful both inside and out. Something you might try in the future if you have a small smear or drop of dye in an unwanted place is deglazer. I've had small drops or my hand "wandered" a little out of bounds when putting dye on backgrounds or letters and immediately cleaned it right off with a rag or qtip with a little deglazer on it. So far has worked well for me and you can't tell there was even a problem.

Edited January 28, 2015 by texback

[rosiart]

Monica the inside looks great.

Nice job Rosiart. I think the goatskin looks great and nice touch with the snaps.

Thanks so much.

I'd like to thank you for taking this on. I learned a lot from the process, and it wasn't something I would normally do. Also thanks to all the others for sharing their

wallets. It's been great to see all the different takes on the same basic pattern and really showcases the amazing versatility of this group.

[rosiart]

Nice, Rosemary, I love the outside textured look. Also, the wrapover with snaps. Your interior is way better than mine. In fact, I'm just learning interiors, so it's nice seeing what everybody has done with them.

Thanks Monica. I bought that piece just 'cause I liked it. I was glad to have a project to use it for :-) Interiors sure are a time consuming thing. I think if I was doing it again, I would do a binding on the edge of the card pocket section, like TheLoud One did on his.

[TheLoudOne]

Thanks Monica. I bought that piece just 'cause I liked it. I was glad to have a project to use it for :-) Interiors sure are a time consuming thing. I think if I was doing it again, I would do a binding on the edge of the card pocket section, like TheLoud One did on his.

Hi Rose, nice wallet! I also used lightweight leather inside. It is so soft and stretchy I was worried about it tearing so I made a binding to stiffen and strengthen it. I also skived and folded the top leading edge.

[MonicaJacobson]

TheLoudOne - I wish I could work that fast. Nice work, especially in that limited time.

texback - thanks for the tip! That's a great idea, and will probably come in on a regular basis.