[Nfb-krafters-korner] Leather working

[Lucy Cox]

Hi Neva,

Thanks for your ideas. I will pass them along to him.
I hope Vinton is doing well. Vader is great.

Take care,

Lucy

septembergirl95 at gmail.com

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neva Fairchild" <nevafairchild at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Leather working


> Hi Lucy! I don't know much about leather working, but I understand that
> Tandy has lots of kits that people with vision loss use to make leather
> items. I have made a couple of simple wallets and used a prepunched kit. I
> would think that the embossing process would be fairly tactile, but he 
> would
> need to develop a marking system for the tools he uses to emboss different
> shapes. Certainly the sewing is rather easy on the prepunched items. To
> punch holes himself he would need a template like the one I use for paper
> piercing. It has grids of holes at different distances, depending on what
> you want to do. He would also need templates made out of stiff plastic to
> cut the leather into shapes. I have seen quilt block patterns that might
> work for some basic shapes. I assume you cut leather with a rotary cutter,
> but even if it is cut with a knife like cutter, the thick plastic 
> templates
> would work. You can give him my number if he would like to ask questions.
>
> Neva Fairchild
> 214-438-5316 work-days
> 972 416-7039 home-evening
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lucy Cox
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 7:59 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Leather working
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am working with a man who has lost a lot of vision. He has been working
> with leather for 20 years, but he is unsure of alternative techniques.  Do
> any of you have some techniques that you can share that would be helpful 
> to
> him?
>
> Thanks so much,
>
> Lucy
>
> septembergirl95 at gmail.com
>
> A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he
> knows that you are slightly cracked.
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