Ipad Cover

Well my latest and if i do say so myself greatest project is finally complete. This project took 2 weekends, including careful planning, tooling, knife work and a dye process with 4 stages. I used all of the techniques i have learnt to date and the final result looks pretty good if i do say so myself.

The original project designs look like this

Tandy Leather Craft Ipad Kit

My final design 

Front - Dragon Scales with Dragon

Back - Dragon Scales with Initials in Scroll

Ipad Cover

This iPad cover features a Dragon Scale effect and 2 central framed sections with a Dragon and my Initials in a winding scroll.

The colouring includes Saddle tan for the images, Black Dye for the borders and Briar Brown for the Scales and border.

Stitching is Double Loop

I really enjoyed making this :)

Woods Tool - Leather Sheath

This weeks leather crafting project was a leather sheath for a small flashlight and small knife.

Overall it was a very easy project to make with the only real challenge being the stitching at the end through 4 layers of leather. Luckily i recently bought a stitching pony and this made it much easier to do.

I gave this project to my father in law and i think he was pretty happy about it. Especially as it was embossed with his initials to personalise it.

Woods Tool - Leather Sheath

Top Notch Billfold

Well I'm back at work and finally had time this weekend to complete another leather craft project. This time I created a "Top Notch Billfold". As usual I altered the design and used two craft aid dragons and a craft aid banner in place of the supplied flower embossing pattern. I also textured the background and used color dye to highlight the dragons. I again used a double loop lacing pattern to stitch the project together with much greater success than last time. To finish the project I used Eco Flo Super Sheen as a resist to create the two toned background effect. Overall I feel this project turned out rather well.

Top Notch Billfold

Top Notch Billfold