MonicaJacobson Report post Posted February 28, 2015 YT, I think you should be officially barred from participating. You're making us look bad. Interested to see how you're going to apply those handles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YinTx Report post Posted February 28, 2015 Hah, I hope you don't mean me, I don't want to be barred! And I've looked at your works, Monica, and have been in awe. You definitely have skill and a great style, should have no fear of my work, lol. YinTx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLoudOne Report post Posted February 28, 2015 YT, I think you found your calling! Nice work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MonicaJacobson Report post Posted February 28, 2015 Ha, I'm not serious, just back-handedly expressing how impressed I am with your work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Realm13 Report post Posted February 28, 2015 Everyone's looks so good. Glad to be a part of this. I had little time to do this this month. So I just went straight from the pattern. Definitely needs something done with the edges but for a quick project came out decent. Made from some light clearance leather from Tandy and their mission grain lining. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thefanninator Report post Posted February 28, 2015 Nice work everyone. Thanks for participating. Hope you're learning. I'll post the March Challenge tomorrow in a new thread @ 9 am CST. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MonicaJacobson Report post Posted February 28, 2015 Nice, looks great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charliewz Report post Posted February 28, 2015 YT, nice clean work. Love it. Realm13, good looking case, like your leather choices. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waylon1977 Report post Posted February 28, 2015 and here is mine ! Had some things I had to iron out, but I'm pretty please with it. I added some snaps on the straps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cardinal leather Report post Posted March 1, 2015 teo more new twist. both looking good. i like the snap idea. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YinTx Report post Posted March 1, 2015 In a word, Yin Been Stitchin! I did not follow the original design, since I started this in December when I picked up a piece of leather and started cutting and dying it for the first time. I could not find something that I liked for myself, so I designed each piece of this on my own from the get go. I have had to learn a lot of things to get this bag completed, including, well, everything since I had never worked in leather before. So design, cutting, dying, treating, burnishing, folded edges, lining, wet molding, sealing, and not least of all stitching, including saddle stitching and box stitching. Did I say stitching. I think there were about 210 linear inches of stitch on this little bag: that would be 17 linear feet! Everything is done by hand, no power tools. I didn’t have a lot of good tools to do this with, just a Craftool 2.5mm stitching chisel to mark and an awl to pierce the leather. The veg tanned leather was not the best, seems I got some of Tandy’s stuff that folks were recently complaining about. And I was wishing I had better thread than the generic spool of braided I don't know what, but I waxed it and used it anyhow. I think a Barbour, Tiger, or Fil Au Chinois would have looked much nicer and been easier to deal with. But overall, the kit it is something I will use and I really like the way it came out. I hadn’t expected to end up stitching quite that much by hand, since I had originally intended to fabricate this with a stitching machine, but there it is, all by hand. The kit is a bit larger than typical, mostly because I wanted to be able to put standard sized items like shaving cream cans, hair brushes, toothpaste, etc. in there without having to resort to “travel size” items. I hope everyone enjoys it. The edges are not completed, as I would like to spend more time to make them nice, but still wanted to enter into the February challenge. I will put more photos in my gallery as I get them uploaded. Items used: Veg tan leather pigskin liner Dye vegetable oil D-Rings O-Ring Button Studs Resolene Round Knife Ruler/straight edge glue brush needles thread beeswax awl Craftool 2.5mm stitching chisel scratch awl Hole punch edge beveler burnishing stick pliers Wet form: Wood Saw Screws Screwdriver small hammer contact cement sand paper Stitching pony YinTx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MonicaJacobson Report post Posted March 1, 2015 @Waylon, the snaps are a good alternative. Great idea, and nice looking bag. Yin, you really went all out on the stitching. And the stitching looks really very nice. I think ultimately, you'd need to stitch all the way around the pigskin lining, but I'm not sure what people do in those cases. I'd assume so for myself. Interesting design, too. I'll be interested to hear if you like it a lot or start to see problems with it as you use it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YinTx Report post Posted March 1, 2015 Monica, You are right on the lining needing stitching all the way around, and as you can see if you look closely, I have already marked the lid for the stitches, but I knew I wouldn't have it done in time, so I stopped where I could. I will finish it out soon. Thank you for the positive compliment on the stitch work, I have been really focusing on trying to improve it. I have a long way to go to reach any level of perfection, but I am happy with the progress I have made in two months since I started. And CharlieZ, nice work on the tooling! I also liked the color combination that rundogdave did. YinTx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiamondGLeather Report post Posted March 2, 2015 Hey guys and girls, I just stumbled along this Challege. wondering if I can jump in and start with March's Monthly challenge? and if so has the new project been posted yet? Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thefanninator Report post Posted March 2, 2015 Yes & yes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DiamondGLeather Report post Posted March 2, 2015 Alright Thanks fanninator, where might i find the pattern to the project for this month? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Realm13 Report post Posted March 2, 2015 Separate thread. Same name as this one but it says March instead of February. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Neillo Report post Posted March 2, 2015 It's been a crazy month so I'm a little late! Modified the pattern a little but it turned out pretty good, gusset was a bit of a bear to sew but the greasy kangaroo I used was nice to work with! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cardinal leather Report post Posted March 3, 2015 looks good Neillo, i like the buckles and the emblem. i did not use my roo skin as i thought it was to thin. after reviewing yours, it appears that it would have been fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MonicaJacobson Report post Posted March 3, 2015 Neillo, I love that one. Really nice work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DocHoliday1882 Report post Posted March 8, 2015 Neillo, looks great! Good job. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thefanninator Report post Posted March 8, 2015 I ended up unstitching, cutting up and restitching to make a clutch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MonicaJacobson Report post Posted March 8, 2015 Cool Chris, way to rescue the project! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TRHLeather Report post Posted March 19, 2015 (edited) Well, better late than never. I finally finished my dopp bag that was February's challenge. I was away for two weeks vacation in Feb and came home to massive amounts of snow. I'm not sure what is going to give out first, the snow or my back. between Sunday and today, we got 29 inches of snow at my house in Nova Scotia. Edited March 19, 2015 by TRHLeather Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cardinal leather Report post Posted March 19, 2015 I like this one, very nice clean job. Novia Soctia is on my list of places to tour. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
