01 November 2009

Leather Bracelet

 

I did a pretty simple leather bracelet as a test project. First time we've dyed anything I've tooled. I wanted to test using ink jet transparencies for patterns--worked pretty well when drawing with ball point pen. A stylus scratched off some of the pattern's ink. I also planned to use a fancy round braid for the outside, but that ended up being too much for the pattern. I had to cut it off and did a simple whipstitch instead.

This item is not yet earmarked for anyone. I am thinking of selling it.

Note that I didn't make the holes yet for strings for keeping it on. Will use natural-colored leather strings for that.

 

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Wind on the Beach

 

We took the girls to the beach for their  birthday. It was unbelievably windy. Sand was blown in streams just over the beach surface.

 

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