Micro project - for my spectacles

[Riem]

So the plastic cover on the stem of my spectacles disintegrated - again. Instead of goingtthrough the hassle of getting a replacement and forking out shekels for a whole stem as happened last time, I made a set of covers from some scrap 1.2 mm thick vegtan I had lying around. Call it a prototype or call me a cheapskate, but it actually saved more time than money. Stitching by hand with mid-brown acrylic "upholstery" thread, 3 mm stitch length, marked with an overstitch wheel and punched with an awl. Burnishing on the sewn seam not visible, not sealed (yet) - I want it to develop a bit of a patina. Besides, if it doesn't age well, scrap leather aplenty in my scrap box...

[mikesc]

You could , now they have tasted leather wrapping, go "steampunk" on them..see, now the idea is in your head, it will be hard to resist :)

[Riem]

Ahhh man, what man hath thinketh cannot be unthunk... Hahaha - steampunk - why didn't I think about that when I started this. Picture this: old guy in a steampunk dress-up hunched over a stitch clamp busy sewing... another steampunk mask... Thanks for the comment!

8 hours ago, mikesc said:

You could , now they have tasted leather wrapping, go "steampunk" on them..see, now the idea is in your head, it will be hard to resist