YinTx Report post Posted August 22, 2015 Pretty excited to finally get to make something after being away so long. My aunt had requested a new checkbook cover, she didn't want anything fancy, so I hope she enjoys this one. I am clearly out of practice on my hand stitching, but other than that and a few small errors here and there (forgot to burnish the pen holder edges before I stitched it up---Aaargh!) I think it still turned out ok. Open to suggestions for improvements, as I think I'll make a similar one for myself. Please let me know what ya'll think! Thank you! I will put more photos in the gallery: http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=2662 YinTx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DoubleC Report post Posted August 22, 2015 Yin, looking really good. Way nice job. Cheryl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtclod Report post Posted August 22, 2015 I think you did a nice job. But i would change a couple of things. Do away with the strap it's in the way when you write a check and i would put the pen holder on the inside because it's going to make writeing a check a problem looks like to me. When you write the check it's going to be rocking on the pen holder till it gets mashed down. IMHO Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YinTx Report post Posted August 22, 2015 DC, Thank you! Dirtclod: you could be right long term, but the intent of my design was to have the pen holder and the strap on the side away from the check book, so it is not under your hand or in the way when you are writing. Those are on the bank card and register side. The only piece I worried about was the small snap being under the checkbook, but I don't feel it at all through the leather, so it should be ok. I'll see how it works over time, and adjust future designs as needed. YinTx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
