One piece of leather, three notebooks from Amazon bound in with leather thread. I have to get better at dying. My results are hit or miss. I am OK with this for a personal recipe book though.
If anyone wants to make their own:
cover.zip (1.5 KB)
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The cobalt blue is very pretty–my favorite shade! What dye did you use? I have been using alcohol inks, and find that I get the best coverage with wool daubers… I usually forget to wear gloves and have matching hands for a day or two…
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Very nice product.
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I am using Fiebings leather dye. I’m not getting consistent coverage, can you see the difference on the front? I’ve ordered some Dye Prep to try and clean the leather a little better. I’m using wool daubers too. I am a big fan of gloves though!
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I think it’s gorgeous!
Haven’t done anything with leather since 8th grade. My Mom suggested I make my own dye from walnuts from our tree. I had brown hands for awhile.
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Sounds like a cool mom!!
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That is really cool!
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You may find it kind of evens out a bit, and if not, it gives the cover a nice real-leather, slightly aged look that will just get better with time… I used Fiebings once, before I had my wool daubers, and it came out more uneven than yours, I think because the paintbrush/paper towel method is inferior…
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She was indeed the coolest Mom ever! I often think about how much she would have enjoyed the Glowforge.
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If you gather the walnuts when they still have the thick outer husk on them, the husk is what makes the best dyes and stains, once removed.
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Exactly!
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Me too…love the color. I also use the wool daubers and also get colored fingers and hands. I saw a YouTube video though where an expert kind of guy said the best way to get complete and even coverage is to ‘dip’ the leather. That makes perfect sense, but I don’t have the space or volume of dye and containers to do something like that on that large of a scale.
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Thanks! I would love to dip it, but like you, I think I’d be wasting it. I do plan on making a number of these in the near future and mailing them around to friends, maybe I will set up a tray to dip them in since I will be doing so many at once.
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It looks wonderful. Great idea.
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