I used to haunt my local Tandy leather store back in High School. I had a fantasy that I was going to make some wonderful tooled...thing... I visti the store, and stroke the leather and look at all the stamps and dyes and other mysterious stuff and just kind of drool.
It's nice to know that nothing has changed!
The closest store to me is the one in Indianapolis so on Saturday I took a day trip and ran off to the big city with my quiver i-in-process and a whole lot of questions about what I needed to purchase/do to finish it.
And they were lovely.
I did a lot of blinking, and repeating the phrase, "um, what does that mean?" but I walked out with a membership and all kinds of stuff, more dye, and deglazer, and finisher and needles and thread and punches and rings... I got overloaded about the time I was learning about rivets so I'll have to go back to get them, but I have the basics now. Whew!
So, of course, I went home and started right into it on Sunday. Meet my new quiver!
All sewn together and ready for the finishing touches.
I know I've been a bit skimpy on the process details, but I can see several new leather projects coming down the pike--maybe even some shoes--so I will get to the details. Just let me learn a bit more , OK?
No comments:
Post a Comment