Posts filed under “Craft”
Postal Bag – Satchel
Bag Completed! It’s not really a postal bag. It’s a raw leather satchel. I didn’t expect it to be this nice. I’ve surprised myself. I hand-sewed the leather strap to the sides with three parallel lines double-stitched. Notice the roughness of the leather edges. Good belts have the leather trimmed/rounded rather than a straight cut. [...]
Bag Progress
I drew up plans for my version of the postal bag. I’m aiming for a large satchel that will hold a 15″ macbook. I re-drew the designs a few times, and have now adjusted it so that the main body of the bag will be made from a single piece of leather. From what I [...]
Handstitching Repair of Chainstitch
On the UES blog they’ve repaired some jeans using the method used to handstitch leather. It’s a nice idea. Handstitching like this is supposedly good construction because there are two threads which alternate side-to-side. http://ajihei01.blog91.fc2.com/blog-entry-205.html
Leather Materials
Went to Leffler leather to get some things to make a postal bag. I got a side of beef, a mallet, an awl (has an elliptical cross-section – not sure if this is better, but I thought it might be easier to pierce the leather with), some hole punches, and a buckle for the front [...]
Repairs
Last week I made some repairs to the Eternals. I should’ve taken pics before the repairs, but I’m getting lazy with this blog. Hah. Here’s the result. The seat had a crease which was starting to wear through, so I used a swatch of denim on the inside and just sewed back and forth. The [...]
When it's really hot
I recently posted that it has been too hot for denim in Melbourne, but last week I decided to take the knife to my original Nudie RRDS. Converted them to shorts. I cut them to just below my knee, and then folded them up. Pretty happy with the result. They’re very comfy and great for [...]
500 things you should know: Repair ripped jeans
How to repair ripped jeans. From the book “Show Me How – 500 things you should know“. via NotCot (there are some interesting things in this book – like catching fish bare handed!)
Home Cobbler Action
I didn’t like how my Allen-Edmonds have the edge of the sole and heel painted black. It is a thick black colour that looked plastic, and aesthetically the colour didn’t fit with the cordovan of the shoe (see my previous pictures). So I sanded the black colour off to reveal the shades of layered leather. [...]
Pocket Blowout (updated)
I’d been noticing a lot of front-pocket blowouts on the superfuture denim forum… just like on my Samurai-Geishas. Here are some stolen pic examples which I don’t have permission to post (post a comment if you want me to remove your stolen picture). watchman’s eternals ordo’s eternals polishmike’s sams dickdanger’s sams Admittedly my own pocket [...]