Playdate Cover

[bwente]

Made my own cover using JPP Saddle material.

Tips on what not to do…

Leather bound Chipboard?

Lessons learned… I was going to use some proofgrade leather that I had, but it would require skiving which @ekla pointed out. I wasn’t prepared to do that just yet. I did have some JPP saddle material which was thin enough for my project. I learned that super glue is not a good substitute for contact cement. It seeped into the foam and chipboard and made it hard and brittle. I learned that super strong magnets that I had aren’t that strong. I learned I should have left more of a gap for the …

[rvogt]

Wow that turned out really nice!!

[bwente]

Thank you! I really like how the black material engraves as silver.

[rvogt]

I have some of that and i love that too. The yellow stitching really makes this look awesome.

[MakerMatthew]

Beautiful!

[ptodd]

Really nice! I dare say you’ll be making more leather projects in the near future.

[arh2]

That looks really striking!

[shop]

every time i see this subject, i have to double-take. because i used to be in a band called “playdate.” and i can’t figure out why someone would cover one of our songs.

[awebs76]

Lovely design, excellent execution!

[kmblair]

i like the black and yellow. Not enough pretty yellow in the world these days.

[cynd11]

Oooo, I’m a big fan of that yellow on black. It looks so elegant!

[bwente]

I just realized that without context and apparent shape and suggestive name that someone might think that it is a “wallet” for a specific type of item.

Please check out the linked post for more photos.

[tim1724]

@kmblair

Not enough pretty yellow in the world these days.

The playdate itself has plenty of yellow.