Kwaaked Report post Posted May 19, 2021 Hi there! In middle Tennessee on the TN/AL border in the county of Davey Crockett's birthplace. I'd like to say I have done some great work in leather, but I am a designer and alteration specialist by trade specializing in bridal and business wear (so...I can talk silk like a pro ) and doing repairs on jeans, canvas and pretty much everything else under the sun. I have a Singer Standard no. 3 for leather work/canvas, and been looking around for a more modern system with easier to get parts/needles. Been working on possible bags and portmanteaux, mostly doing them in hemp, linen and duck working out the kinks/patternmaking in fabric and using all the references I can find to make them as historically accurate as possible. Just dipping my toe into leather work now...the couple I have done are simple and right now am taking some Hmong reverse applique techniques and seeing if i can apply it to soft leather bags. So...hi! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bert03241 Report post Posted May 19, 2021 Hi Welcome pictures would be nice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klutes Report post Posted May 20, 2021 Would love to see your work. Welcome aboard Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LouisOrtiz Report post Posted May 30, 2021 Nice to meet you! I'm a newbie too and happy to join the community! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cottontop Report post Posted May 30, 2021 Hi Kwaaked! I am also a newby from Tennessee. I live in the Smoky Mountains in the little town of Townsend. I am about three miles from the southern entrance to the National Park. I retired from teaching high school and coaching wrestling in Florida to east Tennessee four years ago. My main interest in leather working is watch straps (bands), making them and altering existing ones. I am a watch collector and making leather straps would really broaden my hobby. Joe Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kwaaked Report post Posted May 30, 2021 I'll work on getting pics soon...right now my business is in literal shambles: we're remodeling the guest area, and everything is in the work area while we wait, and wait (and been waiting for over a year haha) for windows and doors to arrive plus I have a professional contest I am working on (nothing to do with leather work) strewn all over the work area I can work in. But I am learning to work with leather, so all I have are fabric prototypes and samples of small stuff, mostly techniques on scrap. I'm not sure where my photo stuff even is in that mess, but it's all supposed to come in here in a few weeks, so hopefully I can get everything reorganized. Welcome to you too Louis! Cottontop, I have a friend that lives up that way and it's a nice area. I kill watches, and have an antique manual one in the shop in upstate NY to demagnetize it and do some cleaning...and a battery one in the local shop for the same thing and a new battery. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WolfteverGunleather Report post Posted May 30, 2021 Hello Kwaaked, and welcome! Fellow Tennessean from the Chattanooga area here. My wife has family in St. Joe, Loretto, and Lawrenceburg, so I’m familiar with the area. Welcome aboard! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kwaaked Report post Posted June 1, 2021 My husband grew up here, he's an Iron City boy. We live in Loretto, and the business is in St. Joe (which if I tell you it's the old garage across the street from Hood's grocery, you likely would know exactly where it is). Thanks for the welcome! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
