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Rocket pack more or less complete.  Win!  Edit: have put it on.  will have to take photos at so,me point.

Made an incomprehensible steamy device.  It has a hose and a gun and a chimney, and a strap so whatever it is it's a portable incomprehensible steamy device. Win!

Can't find velvet gloves.  Shame since they would have worked well for mole.  Fail.

Am making another incomprehensible device.  Not sure what it does but it has a wire and attachment to connect to a someone's head.  It's not all that steamy though.  All a bit more raygun gothic (Not to be confused with [livejournal.com profile] raygungothic ).  Not sure how that will work since my character is a steam engineer.  Wail-Fin.

Still don't know who has my damn helmet and I want it back.  Fail.

Have some pressure gauges.  Win!.

Have boiler suit. Win!

Unearthed a large piece of blue suede!  Win!  No idea what I'll do with it.

So that's a net win for today. 

Leatherwork

Aug. 3rd, 2009 12:38 pm
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I made some holsters yesterday. Not great but not terrible either.  They do the job. 

It was surprisingly easy.  I have a remaining strip of 1mm(ish) stiff veg tanned brown leather.  About 4-5ft long, and between 13 inches and 5 inches wide.  What do I do with it?

And why do I still find myself thinking in feet and inches considering all I was ever taught at school and what I prefer to use when making anything is metric?

Also received an email telling me:
"You have been unsubscribed from the Scholars mailing list"
Made me quite sad.




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This is hat Mk1.  May need to remake it with larger leather pieces.

Pic below cut )


It cost me one leather needle.  Ooops.  Oh well.  I have another 4. 
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Ordered a packet of leather offcuts of eBay.  Was surprised that all the pieces are actually quite sizeable.  One is actually large enough to make a hat brim - only the wrong sort. 

Now I have to decide how to construct the tricorn.  Do I sew of cheat with a hot glue gun?  Do I learn basic leatherwork? 

Oh, what the hell.  I'm making a garment I have no experience with using a material I have no experience with, and a technique that I'm really inexperienced with.  What could possibly go wrong?
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