frenchy07 Report post Posted December 27, 2014 Thanks to tboyce for the interior on this one, it was the perfect size for this slightly over sized wallet. Outside is all inspired by the Phoenix area. One side is the Arizona Phoeniz and the other size is Camelback. Hieroglyphs come from the many tales my cousin told me of his finds while venturing throughout the desert. The 3 symbols on the Phoenix side are his initials in glyph writing. I was real proud that I achieved exactly the look I was shooting for on the carving then I noticed the inside stitch line and would love to be able to blame it on what I was drinking at the time but since it wasn't alcohol based that excuse went out the window. Time to focus a little more on the line or go back to putting in a stitch groove on the inside line. The thread is synthetic blue sinew. If you haven't used sinew for your thread I suggest you try it. I split mine in half, waxed it and rolled it. Sews wonderful. I thought about lacing the edge or whip stitching it but then I would of hidden the edges and I like the look of a polished edge. Edge was left undyed on purpose as I was after a natural effect. Thanks again to tboyce for the interior. Brian Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Basically Bob Report post Posted December 27, 2014 Cool! Thanks for sharing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BobW Report post Posted December 27, 2014 You should be proud when you can take an idea from just a mental image to a reality ! I'm sure that is the way Van Gogh felt. Although, some of my leather pieces look more like they were made by Salvador Dali! When I first tried using a diamond stitch punch my stitch lines looked good on top and downright awful on the bottom. I found that making sure the punch is perfectly vertical made all the difference in the end. I think if you take your time while punching you won't have to use a stitch groove unless you want to countersink the thread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frenchy07 Report post Posted December 28, 2014 Thanks Bob, up till now I have taken the easy way out. Groove and prick. This time I grooved the outside, used a stitch wheel and went for it. I felt my arm dropping from time to time and thought I was getting to close to the edge of the material so of course I overcompensated. Then I would recover and then it would happen again. I didn't really see the wobbles until I took the pics and by then I figured....WTH...... BTW......I do a awful lot of Picasso's myself Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
