Suede pouch

I am very behind here in blogland…

Last Saturday evening I made this suede pouch to hang from my belt at the Renaissance Festival the next day.

I had already sewn a backpack but with the temperatures sounding on the cool side I figured I’d be wearing a shawl over my costume. If I had a backpack on I’d be sporting a “hunchback of Notre Dame” look.

So a belt pouch was in order….

I had a magnetic purse closure in my sewing basket so that worked out very well. I used a scrap of suede to cover the ugly metal backing.

We had a good time with the kids at the festival. Such a different experience than going with another couple.

***I once again have to apologize for the poorly lit photos. Seems every time I want to photograph something it’s raining!!***

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Renaissance Festival, sewing, suede

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halleday

201009/15

Suede backpack

You may remember a while back I used a suede jacket to make a book. I still had lots of suede left waiting for inspiration to strike.

As the old saying goes…Necessity is the mother of invention….

I needed a bag of some sort to carry at the Renaissance Festival this weekend that would look a bit more like a bag from that period. After seeing the crazy expensive prices of the beautiful tooled leather belt pouches I knew I needed to come up with my own design. I’d already spent too much on my new bodice… Did I mention how much we love the Renaissance Festival!!

I must apologize for the poorly lit photos…it is a very dark and rainy day here but I just couldn’t wait any longer to share…

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recycling, Renaissance Festival, sewing, suede

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halleday

200802/09

Digital Challenge

I did some work in PSP today for a digital challenge posted on TheLatestTrendsinMixedMediaArts. It’s layers of digital ephemera and a picture taken by my neighbor with some filters thrown in for good measure.

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digital, ephemera, photo, Renaissance Festival

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halleday

200708/27

Learned something new

Our family attended the Minnesota Renaissance Festival yesterday. I went to a paper making, print making and bookbinding demo. It was very informative as to the history behind paper and books. They were making all the paper at the festival at the mill where this giant hammer type thing pounded cotton clothing until it was back to fibers. They used wool felt as the couching sheets. They also had a basket that you could donate an article of clothing to go be made into paper. I really want to try this process with cotton but am not sure how I’m going to pound my cotton into oblivion.

The printmaking was cool for the history but didn’t learn anything I
could use.

The Bookbinder showed us a 200+ yr old book from Spain and explained that the pages were made from 100% cotton. The pages were still quite white and in excellent shape. I tried to volunteer to be the apprentice bookbinder but the guy picked a cute young girl that wasn’t even volunteering…figures. She got to keep the blank journal that she made.