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18560. thoughtful - 2/16/2006 12:43:38 AM Thanks Ms...the old one is very hard, dried and cracked and torn in one place...not very pleasing.
The chest is about 42"x24" and maybe 24" high...sides are angled and the front is embossed with a design which has been stained in different colors. It's an unusual and interesting piece. It would be used probably at the foot of a bed.
I have some fabric stores in the area that carry hides. I'd have to buy a whole one but they generally run about $100. It's really a matter of getting the right color. I'd prefer a leather that was more supple and I think having it stretchy would make the upholstering a little easier. Top is just rounded over the old fashioned black excelsior stuff...or is it horsehair..without any pleats or anything fussy.
Chaps are not something we see often here on the east coast, though a good idea for a remnant piece. I thought of old leather coats too, but we usually don't see them with one seamless piece that large. 18561. thoughtful - 2/16/2006 12:44:27 AM That face is an interesting effect...wonder why you need to blink to see it though... 18562. judithathome - 2/16/2006 12:48:23 AM I recently found some letters to my grandfather from Tandy...back from the 1950s when he was doing leather work and ordering from them. Really nice...a woman who worked there in the mail-order department was so sweet about getting him the stuff he needed and it made me mourn not only my granddad's passing but the end of an era when customer service mean really personal service rather than form letters and no involvement whatsoever with the actual customer. 18563. judithathome - 2/16/2006 12:50:19 AM mean = meant 18564. Ms. No - 2/16/2006 1:08:36 AM T'ful,
Any leather will stretch especially if you dampen it, but it will stiffen up if you wet it. Leather is pretty forgiving. Your trunk sounds fascinating. What's its history?
You might find a book at the local library with tips on leatherworking. I don't put much stock in most of the ones to be had at craft stores since they tend to be heavy on glue and overly complex instructions but light on practical information that will help you to manage your own projects. 18565. thoughtful - 2/16/2006 3:35:07 PM We don't really know the history of the trunk other than my mother picked it up at a tag sale years ago and paid only $5 for it.
But it's a pretty thing and I'm glad I've hung onto it. 18566. Magoseph - 2/16/2006 4:23:13 PM Good morning, everyone—Judith, yes, it is, baggy pants and all in Las Vegas for his birthday last week, the trip is a gift from his girlfriend. The pictures were taken from far away and do not show how pretty he's. :)
We were waiting for a big snowfall during the night, only an inch so far, but it looks as we’ll finally get it tonight. Anyway, I’m on my way to get goodies for Flexy who manifests serious signs of cabin fever.
18567. judithathome - 2/17/2006 1:02:20 AM So I went to the doctor today about my left leg, the one I broke. It's been hurting since the day before the SuperBowl. We went to CostCo and walked around for almost two hours and my leg began to really hurt.
So I've stayed off it, for the most part, but it keeps hurting more and the doctor said today he thinks it's a stress fracture at the site of the break...sent me for X-rays and I will get the results tomorrow. (It nearly killed me getting to the lab for the damned things...had to park a block away.)
He said if the X-rays aren't definitive, I will get an MRI and we'll go from there. For now, I just put on the walking boot that I had to wear after the cast came off my broken leg and it feels tons better and I'm also using my cane. 18568. Magoseph - 2/17/2006 1:29:19 AM Will you have to wear a cast again, do you think? 18569. judithathome - 2/17/2006 1:30:52 AM I don't know...will find out tomorrow. 18570. arkymalarky - 2/17/2006 1:57:55 AM Good luck on the report, Judith.
If y'all are predicted to get the weather we get, at least you'll have a good reason to stay indoors and off your feet. 18571. judithathome - 2/17/2006 2:30:02 AM Yes, it's already starting to cool from the high of 85° today...really dropping quickly. 18572. Ulgine Barrows - 2/17/2006 10:29:46 AM s. No, it strikes me that I never answered the question you asked, but the question I heard in my head.
18520. What do you most like to make?
I actually like working with new fabrics all the time, that is why I gave you the muslin lecture.
Fine silk, leather, heavy denim, swimsuit knits, draping rayons, stiff upholstery.... they are all nothing like muslin.
And you said so, every hide is different@!
Is that not part of it, that you like staring down at the new hide and seeing what it will bring?
And what are you doing with that big piece of rubber, pervert! That you happened to find lying about to cut leather on! You crack me up! Happy punching! 18573. Ulgine Barrows - 2/17/2006 10:30:37 AM 18545 concerned, change your name to something less common if you want recognition....or no recognition... 18578. Ulgine Barrows - 2/17/2006 11:23:17 AM oops. that was for the sex topic 18579. Ulgine Barrows - 2/17/2006 11:25:18 AM slinking away 18580. Ulgine Barrows - 2/17/2006 11:49:56 AM thanks, I'm a dork.
And you're stellar! 18581. Ulgine Barrows - 2/17/2006 11:52:25 AM Oh yeah, all right
Are you going to be in my dreams
Tonight?
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And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make. 18582. Magoseph - 2/17/2006 11:57:08 AM Sorry, Ulgine, for deleting 18574 and 18575—I’m reposting 18576, edited, of course.
Ulgine Barrows - 2/17/2006 2:43:03 AM
I am also working with glow-in-dark clay making house numbers. It is really fun, I put it through this pasta roller machine, and I get the font I want and blow it up large on a projector and cut it out with an exacto blade and cook it in the oven.
18583. Magoseph - 2/17/2006 11:59:15 AM Ah, I forgot--18577 was moved to Sex & Gender.
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