dwardio
September 2, 2018, 7:23pm
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Despite having a GF for almost 18 months, I’ve never tackled a leather project with it until today. In fact, the last leather project I remember was lacing a kerchief slide at Scout camp about 45 years ago.
PG Medium Leather and a pattern from the Catalog.
Two coats of water-based dye covered with some shine, ~15 minutes in the GF, and 30 minutes teaching myself how to saddle stitch. Pretty darn happy with the results. There are some custom notebooks on the project horizon.
I may not have mentioned this recently, but…
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How is the fit for credit cards? I made the trifold one, and it’s really tight – one card per pocket and even then they can be hard to get out.
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dwardio
September 2, 2018, 7:28pm
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It’s actually fairly loose – the CC picture was “posed” up and to the left. Probably a total of 1/4" free side-to-side.
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Nice, I might have to try it, then!
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dwardio
September 2, 2018, 7:31pm
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The 2nd photo in the catalog gives a good idea of its capacity.
https://catalog.glowforge.com/products/garden-gable-card-wallet
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Nice work man! I still haven’t worked the samples that came with the PRU…
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Be careful…leather is highly addictive! Unless you’re sensitive about smells, that is.
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cynd11
September 2, 2018, 8:44pm
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Nice job on that stitching!
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dwardio
September 2, 2018, 10:18pm
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Figured I needed to do something with them…
Exactly the reason I waited until my over-engineered exhaust system was in place.
Thanks! The hardest part was trying to keep the tension even across every stitch (and making sure I didn’t mess up the right/left rhythm).
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A white guy with rhythm…? I need lessons.
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ptodd
September 3, 2018, 2:05pm
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Nicely done! My husband wants to do leather … I don’t want to do the smell. It will eventually happen though.
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I’m glad I’m not only leather virgin out there…lol
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