Smartphone Case

[flux41]

Relatively new here. I've spent a lot of time reading this forum over the past few months and have been experimenting on a number of projects. 

Anyhow, I finally got around to making myself a new smartphone case so I thought I would show the results. I tried a bit of a different route this time and did light coats of multiple dyes to get the color I was aiming for. Critiques very much appreciated!

Edited April 19, 2016 by flux41

[thekid77]

2 hours ago, flux41 said:

Relatively new here. I've spent a lot of time reading this forum over the past few months and have been experimenting on a number of projects. 

Anyhow, I finally got around to making myself a new smartphone case so I thought I would show the results. I tried a bit of a different route this time and did light coats of multiple dyes to get the color I was aiming for. Critiques very much appreciated!

super clean! i love the thread.....how many stitches per inch and what kind of dye are you using?

[LederRudi]

Minimalistic elegance, beautiful color, beautiful stitching. My wife would love your sleeve a lot more than the somewhat bulky cover I made for her phone.

[flux41]

@thekid77: I used a 2mm craftool diamond chisel (the only one I have), which I believe comes out at ~7 stiches per inch. As far as dye, I had some diluted down Fiebings British Tan and Mahogany, did a couple coats of the Brit Tan and then a couple with the Mahogany until it got to a reddish honey color. After that I used a little neatsfoot oil to richen up the color and darken it a touch.

@LederRudi: Thanks. I do wonder about this case’s ability to protect the top of the phone. Yours seems like it would do much better at that. Also, I’m a bit jealous that you can do stamping. I can’t seem to do that to save my life. lol

[Boriqua]

love the color! I have now made 2 smart phone cases, well 3 if you count the fail that went to the garbage, and the biggest problem is figuring out how to make it just loose enough so it doesn’t activate the buttons when you insert and remove the phone. How did you handle it?

[flux41]

@boriqua I avoid it by forming the case to the phone; instead of just making a pocket. So it's still snug, but it's not applying a enough amount of pressure to depress the buttons. It also loosens up after a bit of use.

[LederRudi]

16 hours ago, flux41 said:

Also, I’m a bit jealous that you can do stamping. I can’t seem to do that to save my life. lol

...I'm still struggling with lining up the imprints...and afterwords hoping that nobody notices the irregularities.

One of Snubbyfan's recent videos gives an idea how he does it.