Craft Works - Let's Get Creative!
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little item I made along the way just for testing purposes…
got that little letherpiece from injun...aged beautify in the meantime, thanx again!
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Hey Guys,
Here’s a few things I completed over the weekend. The belt, keychain and wallet are for a customer, and I liked the Latigo leather I used for the belt so much that I built a new collar for “Killer” my Miniature Dachshund! And just so no one gets jealous, I took a couple of pics of my prize-winning “Biscuit Hound”, Dottie Leigh as well. She’s currently sporting a bright orange hunting dog collar, but I’ll build her a new collar out of the same leather soon.
I also took the opportunity to get a few pics of the belt with my Wolverine 1000 Mile and Vasque Sundowner boots to get an idea of how the red Latigo leather would match. It’s not an exact match on either, but close enough, IMO. The wallet is made from some reddish/orange Horween leather and stitched with a matching color thread. Oh yeah, the last pic is of the belt keeper – I always stitch my keepers for a bit of added strength. Thanks for looking!
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Much appreciation for the comments gents!!
That looks like it would actually creak if you stepped on it!
No feet allowed near these!
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How do you do that…
My materials are colored pencils (Caran d'ache, Faber-Castell, Lyra), wax oil pastels (Caran d'ache Neocolor 1), a protractor and a strait-edge. Aside from the design elements particular to each piece, my fundamental method involves scribing lines and writing words. In my last post you might notice a spiral effect on a few of the pieces, here is an example of how i do that:
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I think they are brilliant
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Really bloody expensive colored pencils, but they do the trick. Here's a link:
http://www.dickblick.com/products/caran-dache-luminance-colored-pencils/
Thanks again for the comments. There is some great work in this thread, well done everyone!
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Good question! The short answer is anywhere from 50-200+. It depends on the softness of the lead and how I am using them (over the oil pastel is easier on the pencil, getting that spiral effect is hard on the pencil, covering large areas of thick paper is hard on the pencil, etc.). And then there are the oil pastels which wear down much faster, so I go through at least 10 per project, 20+ on the larger ones. But it mostly depends on the size and thickness of the paper, and how far I want to take it.
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Made this today… Selvedge red white and blue flannel with blue overdye bandana. About 20''x20''... not a perfect square. Sewn on a Singer 401a circa 1958
Messed up on the stitching on one spot and had to make another line. and on one edge I had to triple stitch it and it kinda looks uneven, but overall I'm pretty satisfied
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How much and when will they be available?
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Depends on how nice I think the fabric is. I think I will make them from 10-30 USD. For pocket squares… Something like 10-20 bucks or so. Do people even like pocket squares?? Not something I have ever seen in my Podunk ass town
As for availability ... I need more fabric and probably a bit more practice. Samples swatches are en route. Bought a presser foot that rolls the edge for you but couldn't figure out how to work it. I think I like the look of a hand rolled edge anyway, even if it is a little uneven
