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The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft CANADIAN LEATHERCRAFT
Volume LXVI No. 2
Winter 2017/2018 0045-5121
Scrap Leather
In this Edition…
Page 2 Notes from the Editor, Highlights of the past Executive Mtgs, Membership Info, CSCL Larmour Library
Page 3 Cross Colouring Chart with Basic Colours
Page 4 – Did You Know, Angel Fish Mobile
Page 5 – Angel Fish continued, Elephant Bookmark
Page 6 – Mitt and Glove Clip, A Corner Bookmark, Key Fob to hold Meter Money
Page 7 – Molded Tray Workshop, Whio Remembers this Leathercrafter?
Page 8 – Leather Picture Frame
©2018 Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission of the copyright holder is prohibited.
To contact any of our Executive please refer to the CONTACT section of our Website.
Website: www.canadianleathercraft.org
Facebook [Facebook page removed]
President: Jim Wilkes
1st Vice-Pres.: Lauch Harrison
Past President: Rob Regan
Treasurer: Della Chynoweth
Secretary: Tracey Howard
Membership: Sheena Burger
Editor: Barbara Chynoweth
Website: Eugene Pik
Privacy Officer: Lauch Harrison
Page 2 — Notes from the Editor, Highlights of the past Executive Mtgs, Membership Info, CSCL Larmour Library
Note from the Editor….
For this issue I have am looking at ideas for using up your scrap leather. I am always looking for additional ideas for articles for the Canadian Leathercrafter.
I hope you try out some of the ideas and maybe display them on your Branch table.
The Quarterly Newsletter “Canadian Leathercraft” is your source of information about CSCL and its members. Also check out the CSCL website at www.canadianleathercraft.org and CSCL’s Facebook page.
Highlights from the Past Executive Council Meetings….
We had our first Executive meeting on Sept. 22nd after the summer off. Plans are underway for some workshops and Mississauga has started looking at planning the 2018 Annual. This year we are going to use Skype to hold our Executive meetings in the winter when the driving conditions are not ideal for driving.
This had worked out very well after some getting used to how it works.
CSCL Membership
Have you paid your membership? It’s a new Membership Year (April 1 to March 31).
Send your membership along with your cheque made out to “The Canadian Society for Creative Leathercraft” to:
- If you belong to a branch pay your membership to your Branch Treasurer
- if you are a Member-at-Large or Sustaining Member send your membership payment to the CSCL
| General Member | General Member – Student* | Member-at-Large | Sustaining Member |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individuals interested in leathercraft who belong to one of the CSCL Branches. (Need not be a leathercraft person.) $40.00 | A registered full-time student shall pay $5.00 | Individual interested in leathercraft who does not belong to one of the CSCL Branches. (Need not be a leathercraft person.) $40.00 | Commercial Organizations interested in supporting the Society. $100.00 or material equivalent to $100.00. |
CSCL Larmour Lending Library
The CSCL lending Library of Books and Patterns can be referenced on our web site www.canadianleathercraft.org. Head to Gallery and click on CSCL Library of Books and Patterns. Under the Patter option there is 80 pages of patterns that may give you ideas of things to make. Under the Book section there is 13 pages of titles of Books and DVD’s about Leather crafting, design and colour. Remember these patterns and books are there for you to borrow from the library. Select item(s) you would like to borrow and send your list to Paul Kitchener at [email address removed]
Branch Presidents will assist in pickup and delivery of the orders from branch members.
Members-at-large may order directly from Paul and arrange shipping or printing options, fees may apply.
Memberships are due March 31st have you sent yours in.
Page 3 — Cross Colouring Chart with Basic Colours
Cross Colouring Chart with Basic Colours
Rather than mixing dyes to obtain colours that are not manufactured or you don’t have in your cupboard, the desired colours may be obtained by cross dyeing. The following chart may be of assistance when colouring your leather.
| Colour | Over | Makes |
|---|---|---|
| Red | Blue | Purple |
| Red | Dark Blue | Plum |
| Red | Light Blue | Garnet |
| Red | Brown | Henna |
| Red | Dark Brown | Maroon |
| Red | Purple | Wine |
| Red | Yellow | Scarlet |
| Red | Orange | Tangerine |
| Red | Lavender | Rose |
| Red | Grey | Taupe |
| Brown | Orange | Havana Brown |
| Brown | Yellow | Light Brown |
| Brown | Purple | Seal Brown |
| Purple | Green | Medium Blue |
| Purple | Bright Red | Wine |
| Purple | Dark Green | Navy Blue |
| Green | Violet | Bright Blue |
| Green | Orange | Olive Green |
| Green | Light Blue | Peacock Green |
| Yellow | Blue | Green |
| Yellow | Dull Blue | Blue Green |
| Yellow | Light Blue | Light Green |
| Yellow | Green | Bright Green |
| Yellow | Brown | Golden Brown |
| Yellow | Purple | Green Brown |
| Yellow | Orange | Orange Yellow |
| Yellow | Salmon | Coral |
| Yellow | Pink | Peach |
| Yellow | Red | Bright Red |
| Dark Blue | Dark Red | Plum |
| Dark Blue | Orange | Dark Brown |
| Dark Blue | Dark Red | Garnet |
| Dark Blue | Yellow | Light Green |
| Pink | Light Blue | Lavender |
| Pink | Orange | Deep Orange |
[The chart is printed one pairing to a line, thirty-five lines of it; read straight through, they run together into a single paragraph of prose in which no pairing could be found or read. Set out here as the table it is. Two lines of the chart are the same pairing with different answers — "Dark Blue Over Dark Red Makes Plum" and "Dark Blue Over Dark Red Makes Garnet" — and both are printed on the page; kept as they stand.]
Page 4 — Did You Know, Angel Fish Mobile
David Addison belonged to the Norland and Mississauga Branches
ADDISON, David W. - Passed away after a courageous battle, surrounded by loving family at Lakeridge Health Oshawa, on Monday, March 26, 2018 on his 66th birthday.
David Addison, dearly beloved husband and best friend of Joanne.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. The family would appreciate any pictures of Dave that you may have to share.
Did you know?
History of Leather
Leather is one of man’s earliest and most useful discoveries. Our ancestors used leather to protect themselves from the elements. Primitive man hunted wild animals for food, then made clothing, footwear and crude tents from the hides. Like then, hides used today are a by-product. Animals are raised for the meat, dairy and wool industries, not for their hides. Roughly half of all leather produced today is used to make shoes, and about 25% for clothing. Upholstery demands only around 15% of the total product.
The following are some patterns and ideas for using up some of the scrap leather you have.
Angel Fish Mobile Originally submitted by Edith Melchoir-Hawins, FCSCL
Suggested leather – Rawhide, 1 ¼ oz. cowhide, or similar light weight leather.
From your leather, cut 2 circles 5” in diameter. Draw a line from the centre of the circumference, and measure 1 ½” from this line, along the circumference and draw another line to the centre. This wedge is to be removed, and gives dimension to the fish. (Cut out A)
See figure I – Cut out solid lines for mouth, and the piece removed (Cut out B) is used by cutting along the dotted line as fins. Cut one tail piece – Figure II. Make sure you reverse one circle so that the grain side is out for the body and that the same side is showing on fins and tail. Cut two eyes from suitable black leather scraps. Cut two thin pieces of leather similar to the thickness of lacing about 8” long for the whiskers.
[The pattern is credited to "Edith Melchoir-Hawins, FCSCL", printed so; the Society's own registers spell her Edith Melchior-Hawkins, an Associate of 1956 and later a Fellow. Left as printed.]
[The printed page breaks "by-product" across a line end inside the "History of Leather" sidebar.]
Page 5 — Angel Fish continued, Elephant Bookmark
Skive along edges of Cut out A and cement together lapping about 1/8”. On one circle attach fins and tail on flesh side, and glue. Punch holes Figure 1© and put in whiskers. Tie a knot in inside. Glue on eyes. When glue is dry, attach the circle. When complete attach some monofilament fishing line to the top of the fish and hang up. Several different sizes may be made for multi-fish mobile.
The reprint prints “Figure 1©” here. When the Society first printed this article, in the summer of 1988, the same sentence read “Figure 1(c)”, matching the lettered cut-outs on the pattern beside it. Set out here exactly as the reprint prints it.
Elephant Bookmark Using two colours of scrape leather
Page 6 — Mitt and Glove Clip, A Corner Bookmark, Key Fob to hold Meter Money
Mitt and Glove Clip Use 2 ½ – 3 oz leather and small pieces of liner. Cut 1 top and 1 liner. Tool mitt and trim = lacing across wrist in a running stitch, with 5/64 lace. Use shader on cuff. Cement lining which has a slit to insert back of clip. Line front of clip, folding under end and top end. Cement edges of lined clip together flat. Antique and polish.
A Corner Bookmark
Use any lightweight leather. A good way to use up scraps.
Tool a border line and decorate as desired. Overlay the shaded areas, skive if necessary. Fold back on the dotted line. Glue on skived area.
Page 7 — Molded Tray Workshop, Whio Remembers this Leathercrafter?
A Key Fob to hold Meter Money
Use any lightweight leather and do your carving and decoration before you stitch it together. Make sure you make it wide enough that your money will fit in.
Insert a dome in the spots indicated.
Dampen the leather at the crease line and fold over a split key ring.
Saddle stitch up each side and you will have a handy key fob which will hold your meter money.
Finished product
Molded Tray Workshop Hosted by the Norland Branch
Lauch giving instructions – now which way does it go?
Barbara Chynoweth dyeing her tray
Barbara Hopkins using the hot air gun
[Three photographs of the Norland Branch's moulded-tray workshop stand side by side with a caption under each; read straight across the row instead of under each photo, the captions run together into one line and "tray" is left stranded on the next. Set out here separated, in the order the photographs appear.]
Who Remembers This Leathercrafter?
[Nothing is printed under this heading. The photograph the standing feature invites readers to identify is absent from the page, which ends here; the page itself stops there.]
Page 8 — Leather Picture Frame
[This page is a full-page hand-drawn cartoon, hand-lettered throughout: a harassed leathercrafter surrounded by labelled arrows, each naming an occupational hazard of the craft. Set out below, clockwise from the head. The page prints no title and no artist's signature.]
HAIR FRAZZLED: from trying to get Christmas orders finished.
WRINKLED BROW: from trying to figure out mystery braid.
BAD EYESIGHT: from staying up all night getting Weston Trophy pieces done.
BAD POSTURE: from bending over carving and stamping.
TENNIS ELBOW: from trying to get gussets in purse cut from kit.
HAND BANDAGED: skieved chunk out of finger.
TACKY CLOTHES: from spilling dye and glue.
LEATHER WORKERS’ REAR: from sitting on stitching pony.
ANKLE CAST: from slipping on kitchen floor rushing to finish pcs. for show.
MARKS from using clothes to burnish belt.
PATTERN GRABBED YOU: spilled contact cement on it — wiped hands on clothes.
WALLET FALLING APART: no time to do leather for yourself.
FINGER CANCERS: from poking finger while saddle stitching.
CRIPPLED THUMB: from cutting 100 key fobs from 4 to 5 oz. leather.
TWISTED TONGUE: from trying to explain technique found by accident.
BLACK BAGS UNDER EYES: due to an order for 20 black belts wanted within 2 weeks.
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[This page is a full-page pattern plate, reprinted from an earlier bulletin — the old page number 6 is still in its top corner. The drawings are of the frame flat, its tab, the finished frame hanging and standing, and the back with the flap tucked in; the words below are the plate's own labels.]
LEATHER PICTURE FRAME
Illustrations from "Working in Leather" by M. Ickis. N.Y. The House of Little Books, 1945.
Labels on the pattern: CREASE (three times, at the top of the tab, above the window and below it) · CUT OUT THIS SQUARE · SLASH · SLASH · SLASH · LINE TAB SECTION · TUCK IN FLAP.
