We slick the back with Gum Tragacanth (no, no I’m not making the compound up) and add the domed rivets thus:
I’ll save lacing and the cuff belt for later this evening. I’m off to the barn to go torture my pony.
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Thou shalt learn patience or SRSLY screw up a good piece of leather. That’s the one thing that I *can’t**stand* sometimes about leathercrafting. Certain things require set times, or soak times or… It’s all for the good really: That’s the “stain resist” technique I’ve mentioned in a couple of posts now. I add a finishing compound first prior [...] There is herby, cheesy bread in the bread machine… Dear Cell Phone, My Bad, Ahhh to hell with the neighbors. They needed to get up early anyway. I started pounding leather around 8 a.m or so with a break around 11 to get my mail, lunch, and take a few snaps of the work in progress in between. Here’s the flat piece of leather with the cuts made (if you [...] …for the right job. I wanted to add some more Rock ‘n Roll to the Purple Purse of Doom…so I decided it needed some fur-on hide: I think it keeps with the bag’s design sensibilities…and Liz walked in and said, “Oh that’s cool.” Problem is I can’t set the rivets inside the bag with the tools that I [...] Dinner tonight was lightly marinated and seasoned sirloin steaks accompanied by fried garlic potatoes with a creme dill sauce…brought to you by the letters C and J (that’s Chef and Jeff). It’s been ummm (too damn long) since I had a nice steak. I am one fat and happy critter. I will be the envy of the lunch [...] Left Brain (LB): What are you doing there? Right Brain (RB): I’m searching the interwebs. A bit of research. LB: I see that. That’s not information on Solomon or 19th century medicine. RB: You’re very clever it’s not. It’s Haitian Kreyol. LB: Uh huh. What does that have to do with the novel you’re currently researching? RB: Nothing? You see [...] Liz and I have been debating on what kind of pet to get. I figured having something; to somewhat interact with, while I begin my writerly and leathercrafterly journey full-time next month. Basically: it sucks being in a house ALL DAMN DAY … alone. We intially had both agreed on a dog. The problem with this [...] Well, it doesn’t fly. It doesn’t eat people either. BUT IT IS PURPLE! I decided to wrap this bag up so I could move on to the Wiccan Bracer set. I decided to use a piece of scrap leather to test staining techniques and go ahead and dye this purse purple. Purple! I’ve got the sides and strap [...] She’s got curly silver and gray hair. She doesn’t fuss much. Partially blind and mostly deaf. Her hair is kept much shorter than this. Liz and I will be watching Twyla a.k.a. The Queen for the next three weeks. She’s a bit of a lost mess at [...] |
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