Oh Bernadette!! It's beautiful! I can't get over how perfectly every stitch is put in and how well the colors go together in it. You certainly knew what you were doing. Were you able to picture it in your mind all together, or did you just "know" how well it was going to go together?
Well, I had the basic design worked out before I cut into the leather: I'd planned the dimensions to the quarter of an inch, using graph paper templates, and worked from the picture that I'd posted before. I ran into some "glitches" in the actual execution (trying to figure out how to go about getting the results that I wanted, particularly with the curved edges), and had to work those out through trial and error. I took notes of all mishaps, and of their eventual resolution, to put toward my next endeavor in this department.
The stitching is even because of the "stitching chisel" (which, as you'll remember, I actually broke while making this bag. It sacrificed itself to a good cause, by way of my zeal.
). As for the colors: I've never understood why people want stitching to be so unobtrusive in most things. I saw this as a good opportunity to make use of bright, vibrant stitching, as a sort of ornamentation.
Wow, you made that??
Yes.
I
love working with leather: I find it immensely satisfying.
