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    While I am working out the best way to finish the edges on the blue and yellow cover. I started looking through my box of templates for the hobonichi cover I have been asked to make I did not find a suitable template so I made a new one

    DSC_1895[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    But I did find this midori style cover in red embossed nappa leather I was sure I had sold this cover

    DSC_1896 by my0771, on Flickr

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    Final pictures of the completed midori style cover.

    DSC_1930[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    DSC_1934[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    DSC_1938[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    I hope we will get to see a picture of it in use.

    Thanks for looking

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    Here are todays projects. The first is a cover for three field notes notebooks.

    After my success with the bird carvings I was asked to do something a little more challenging here is my first practice.

    DSC_0139[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    The next step was to make a template for the cover.

    DSC_0180[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    Then to make the actual cover from 2 mm leather

    DSC_0184[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    I rounded the corners using a coin as a guide and used the edging tool to round over the edges of the leather. The leather was then soaked for 6 hours and then placed in a plastic bag over night to prepare it for carving.

    Thanks for looking

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    After soaking and other preparations I laid out the leather with a piece of plastic and then the monogram all taped down ready to transfer the design to the leather

    DSC_0195[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    Once the transfer is finished

    DSC_0196[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    Before the leather dried out I applied the oxblood dye

    DSC_0200[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    When I finished the carving it was clear the "M" was not right after the dye had dried out I decided to start again.

    DSC_0216[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    Thanks for looking

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    Very nice work, Michael.

    Those will last for ages.

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    I just got interested in dori's and last weekend I went digging through my craft stash, and concluded I could make my own and not spend a penny!

    So here's my denim-dori, Midori Passport size, made with denim and plaid from some of my dad's old jeans and shirts that I saved after he passed, planning to make a quilt. (quilt didn't happen, although sunglass case, ereader case, fountain pen roll and some other fun creations did)

    (sorry for links only, but I forget how to post pix here 0_o)

    Dori--https://flic.kr/p/EkcTei

    Inside front--https://flic.kr/p/DT5ABq

    Inside back--https://flic.kr/p/EhSRSG

    And the inserts I made, 3 notebooks and a teeny 2 pocket folder--https://flic.kr/p/EkcTBc

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    I suddenly noticed this thread and read it all at once: an overdose of wonderful!
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    These are all works of art! lovely works all around.

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    Thanks for the comments I appreciate them

    My first effort at the carving did not meet my expectations the "M" did not look right and the horizontal lines were not as square to the edge of the notebook as I would like. So here is MK 2.

    I used masking tape on my slab and marked the edges of the cover and then marked the horizontal lines from the monogram like this.

    DSC_0220[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    I transferred the lines of the monogram to the wet leather and then used a swivel knife to cut them into the leather.

    DSC_0222[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    Then I added some colour.

    DSC_0223[1] by my0771, on Flickr

    Thanks for looking

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    Nice cover Michael. Vera

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    Here are my final pictures of the carved fieldnote's cover The final coats of dye are still drying off.

    DSC_0241 by my0771, on Flickr

    This picture shows the edges there are three pieces of leather joined together here, It also gives an idea of the depth of the carving.

    IMG_20160226_161132 by my0771, on Flickr

    Thanks for looking

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    Michael,

    Would you say that the color you have used is purple, or is it more of a burgundy color?

    Also, will the cover darken over time?

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    The colour is called oxblood it is a dark red my phone camera appears to bring out shades of colour that are not visible to the naked eye.
    The cover has not fully dried out yet so it will lighten a little and over time it will darken slightly through use.
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    So basically diamine oxblood then
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    I don't have that ink colour but I think it would be very close.
    Dying leather by hand is not easy everything you do to the leather effects the colour even wetting it can alter the shade of the base leather. That is why I soaked all of the pieces even those that were not going to be carved. Then I counted the number of coats on each piece to try and get a similar colour all around.

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    If only I knew how to post a photo...

    Michael made a pen case in Ox blood red for me and it matches my Harley Davidson Road King perfectly!

    Elegance and rolling art ...a wonderful match up. Elegance is the pen case, like a Rolls Royce. Rolling art is the Harley.

    Together, my travels and thoughts will be lived and documented. Life is indeed good with the help of my friends. :-))

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    Hi Dave I upload my pictures to flickr and then post the link here. You can upload them to the forum but I am unsure how to do it.

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