News — Shoulder Pad

Shoulder Pads are usually pretty routine but what isn't routine is getting such a nice letter from the client!  The client was a 70 year old postal carrier who's vintage mail bag was getting unmanageable.  I was able to get his pad in the mail within a day or two so he'd receive it as quickly as possible.   Shoulderstrap arrived this afternoon and l couldn’t be happier with it. As the photo shows, even the color is a good match. This will make all the difference in what I can carry, and that’s important to me. Important too is...

I make these with some regularity, both the padded and unpadded versions.  They're so steady I don't normally post them on the blog but I particularly liked how this one came out.  I understand it'll be handy on an upcoming vacation to Italy.

I've been lucky to have lots of work to do this summer.  A lot of it is routine stuff I don't regularly post but I figured I'd make an exception this month and lump them all into one post.  In addition to other posts this month I've also made five dice cups and:A shoulder strap color matched to an antique satchel A custom belt pouch (fit to the client's camera) A padded shoulder pad color-matched to the client's messenger bag

This order was from a mother looking for some gifts for her daughter and son-in-law.  She started with the shoulderpad (which will go with a purse she'd ordered elsewhere) and added the dice cups for good measure.  I don't normally use oiled leather for the padded shoulderpads (normally it's veg-tan and deerskin) but it worked well enough here.  Makes closing the stitch a real trick at the end but a little bend in the needle and that was a solvable challenge.

I've been meaning to bang out a prototype for a padded shoulderpad for awhile now and a recent order gave me the opportunity.  A client in Denmark wanted a long, all black shoulderstrap with a padded pad and I was perfectly happy to oblige.  The pad started out like the usual variety but then I added a layer of fabric and then two foam applicators.  That was all wrapped in some nice, supple deerskin and the result turned out pretty darn well.  Normally when I make a prototype I wind up with a long list of changes to make in...