Been goofing off since the end of Faire season, but I finally made myself an ergo bag from the Wild Ginger freebies pattern.
Used a lovely soft tan leather for the bag with tapestry samples for the outside pockets. Instructions were a bit hard to follow - had to read them a couple of times, once with the pieces in-hand, but it seems to have come out okay.
::waiting impatiently for the dress-form I scored to E-bay to arrive::
Can you put up a picture of your bag so we can see it? It sounds great!
Where did you get the leather? My son in law is a hunter, and usually gets
2 or 3 a year, and I've been trying to figure out if I could get the hide tanned and make him a vest. If not, purchasing some leather would be my second choice. SharonWendy said.....
Doesn't tandyleather.com still exist? I'm sure it was still around at least a week or two ago.
Also:
Re: finally made something new!
I scored a bundle of nice heavy "scraps" (yeah - scraps the size of sofa cushions!) from a leather vendor at the now-defunct Rosenthorne Renaissance Faire last spring. Got about 16 sq ft of assorted colors of nice heavy cowhide (and one I think is buffalo) for $20. Happy-bargain-dances were done.
Pictures will appear as soon as I finish the buckle part of the straps
------------------------------------------------------ Wendy Z Chicago, IL (Moo) Wench Wear Costumes
Hmm - good idea. Think I'll check a few thrift stores out. Thanks, Sharon
Don't overlook thrift stores for affordable leather. I have collected a box of leather skirts for a project or two--chair upholstery and the like. Skirts are pieced, why shouldn't chair covers be? DD#1 adopted several of the skirts, and DS"s GF just found that a soft, buttery caramel colored coat fit her to perfection. (Nice, almost perfect condition, expensive little number, that, from IMagum (sp?)--and I got it for about $6.00.) I'll either have to hide the stash, or scale the projects down in size, if I can't find more skirts in the same shades. Black leather and suedes are common enough, and easy to find matches. Surprisingly, the tan/beige shades are matchable, too. When you get into the cream, off-white, and dyed colors, though, it is more difficult to find matches. Cea
My first leather project was a fitted vest pieced from a suede trenchcoat I got at the Salvation Army Store for $5. I also have a blue ultrasuede bodice ($4 scraps) trimmed with tabs of green pigsuede from a size 3 miniskirt from a church rummage sale for $.50 - I'm sure the girl at the counter was thinking "you'll never get that up even one thigh" as I skipped off with my prize. Still have some left.
------------------------------------------------------ Wendy Z Chicago, IL (Moo) Wench Wear Costumes
Wendy wrote: ...
I finally won one too. Seller didn't pack it carefully so the plastic dial at the neck got broken. But it was a decent price, as opposed to a buyers' frenzied one. Let us know when yours arrives!
--Karen M.
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