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I love anything with a cat on it...but I'll add that I think you did a great job too. Aside from the eyes, I also think the nose came out really well, inc. the coloring. I like the overall style of the cover, with the way the spine overlaps for example, and the interior. The only thing I think needs a little work is blending in the white part of the coloring. It's a very bright white compared to the rest of the coloring.

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I love anything with a cat on it...but I'll add that I think you did a great job too. Aside from the eyes, I also think the nose came out really well, inc. the coloring. I like the overall style of the cover, with the way the spine overlaps for example, and the interior. The only thing I think needs a little work is blending in the white part of the coloring. It's a very bright white compared to the rest of the coloring.

I know. I was having a problem with the blending of the white. I used cova for the white and spirit dyes for the rest and I didn't dilute the cova well enough. I hope to get better at it. This is maybe my third or fourth piece of actually coloring leather with dyes. (I wish I was Peter Main or Silva Fox sometimes.)

Crystal, the eyes were dyed with diluted yellow dye and USMC black, and added a few drops of Neatlac once the dye was dry.

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Marlon, Very nice piece! I was kind of shocked to learn that it is all hand stitched. I have a pretty decent machine, and my sewing still doesnt look that good.LOL Very impressive.

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Sweet! Another fine piece of work Marlon! I like the simplicity and the nice finger cuts inside AND... all the rest of it!!

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Marlon, Very nice piece! I was kind of shocked to learn that it is all hand stitched. I have a pretty decent machine, and my sewing still doesnt look that good.LOL Very impressive.
The handstitching isn't that bad if you have a stitching horse or stitching clam. If you do it like the Al Stohlman book on handsewing shows, you get a good rhythm going and it goes pretty quick and they look even.
Sweet! Another fine piece of work Marlon! I like the simplicity and the nice finger cuts inside AND... all the rest of it!! :You_Rock_Emoticon:
thanks Bree. Edited by Rawhide

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