Cushions made from a gamut of hemming offcuts have been sent off to be photographed. Should be online in the next week or so.

Happy Christmas!

Not strictly a pet, but we’re honoured at Iron Heart to have been adopted by this old fella.
Every day Paddington comes and visits us in all 3 of our units. At 20 years old, he’s deaf and malnourished, but he’s still a player and has captured our hearts.
You all know how much the people that work here care about things. Well, I can tell you that their kindness to this poorly looked after animal is unmatched. Everyone looks out for him, feeds him, brings things in for him etc so that the latter part of his life is better than his past. (Nb: everything we do for him is in agreement with the Cats Protection charity.)
I’ve never been a cat person per se, but I am totally under this one’s spell

@Nik awww! Name, age, where are you? My sample would probably fit. May I present Ziggy, the Jack Russell terrorist in a 21oz RE:LOVE coat…

Home sweet home!
What a weekend - thank you all x

@sophisto000 it is indeed a bar tack machine, but that’s not all! It converts from bar tacker to a pre-programmed and a bespoke programmable stitcher. It’s rather fabulous and I’ll be showing more of what it can do over the coming weeks.

The other machine is a 5-thread overlocker, which we’ve set up to match Iron Heart’s machines in Japan as closely as possible. More to come on that too, but in the meantime here are some bar tacks for you

Day 2 done…apart from Rocky Top, but we did go to Shimbashi railway arches instead (no pics, but a vibe worth feeling).

Day 3. Today began in Akihabara for cameras, games and electronics. Then onto Harajuku, to Porter’s for the Tomoshi Yasuda exhibition. Stopping on the way at Snow Peak, who’ve released some active wear garments that have been indigo dyed and should fade and wear like jeans. And, next door, we stopped at a brilliant little gyoza place for lunch. Great little art exhibition at Porters. Found a new bag I really liked and some fabulous Yoshida bags, indigo dyed locally. (Along with weaving, that’s another workshop I’d like to squeeze in )

We were meant to do a vinyl trawl in the evening, but were too pooped and decided to do that another day.

So, a “shortcut” through Takeshita Street to the train station followed. Once known for fashion it’s sadly now mostly micro pigs, otters, huskies and strawberry-themed cafe chaos.

Back to the calm of Ginza for a final tech shopping session, rooftop drinks at The Mint watching the city light up, then dinner at TsuruTonTan where we massively over-ordered udon noodle dishes and sides.

We finally wobbled back to the hotel and flicked between Emma Raducanu, showing some form again, and Lewis Hamilton, back in the saddle ️ A good night for the Brits.

Process shots:
The latest Winyl bags are nearly ready. One wabash and one 1955. Just hanging around waiting for snaps, before they join the rest of their posse to be prepped for sale.
I’ve loved making these.
They are mahoosive! Wide enough for vinyl, deep enough for wine

Tool roll update.
Following everyone’s input, here’s a first draft.

45x25cm flat size noted. We can get near this depending on what jeans we have - this finished size is 43x24cm.

Pocket sizes noted. We have 2x 9cm, 3x 3cm, , 2x 5cm and 1x 4cm on this option. I’ve not sewn them down yet in case you have further thoughts. Pocket depth is 11cm.

Tied with a belt loop.
Final product will all be finished off properly, so ignore loose ends for now

This is a 25oz denim, as I don’t have anything lighter atm.

Thoughts?

Just buttoning up the next batch of cushions.
Love this tool. Especially on heavy denim where the denim resists and squeaks, and the buttons thunk into place, as they both adjust to their new way of life.

@Chap so sorry Jens, that’s heartbreaking x

@ROman

@goosehd how about this one -
It was really busy in hemming this morning, but someone wasn’t pulling their weight…

Ginger nuts.
Both useless.
Both awesome.
Both sleep wherever they want.

Hamilton on the podium though! Would like to see him come at least second. With all the chaos anything’s possible in this year’s farce.

Back at it…with a new sticker

@hajduk

@Matt and Katie - thank you so much for hosting. It’s been an absolutely fantastic weekend You’ve endeared yourselves again and Baltimore to our hearts in more ways than one and we look forward to returning again one day.
To everyone else, it’s been so good to see you all again or meet you for the first time. What a time we’ve had!
We’re on the plane and just waiting for the groundsmen with their big screwdrivers to fix the floor behind us. Another man (not Steve) has said he’d hold on to me if I went through the floor See you on the other side! x

Breakfast recommendation - Blue Moon Cafe
Another crazy menu but the food, atmosphere and server Nikki make it a great experience
https://maps.app.goo.gl/KbTQZBANVc5asEYe6?g_st=ic