Great Lakes Garrison & Base

Well fig I'd toss here incase anyone interested lol. I know its jedi but jedi arn't the only ones who get to play with leather.

And here was the cardboard mockup of my pouch that i made at armor party.







and here it is in leather with various steps

whole front after being cut, beveled, grooved, and first holes for sewing and rivets



the back



closeup



Saturday I will be punching holes for belt loop. I will take measurement and cut the fabric for liner. Then steaming edges to fold into shape. Marking out and punching rest of holes for back so they line up properly. Putting holes in for lid rivet and snap.

After Settled into shape I will be dyeing it, sealing it, conditioning it, finishing the snap, and then glue the liner in and sewing it up which will probably be sunday.

If this pouch goes well I'll repeat for the second one and maybe add alittle details to the outside so it looks slightly different.

Then on to next costume where I'll learn the fine art of holster making

lol

Might have to have you make me a pouch sis. lol

Myshadowstar wrote:Well fig I'd toss here incase anyone interested lol. I know its jedi but jedi arn't the only ones who get to play with leather.

We all enjoy a good build thread. Thanks for posting!

well sis if there arn't any problems with the two I'm making (I did buy 3 pieces) I could make you one too also if you need leather where I got it from has excelent quality leather!

So is it done yet?? huh huh?? lol looks great so far... beats the hell out of the pouch kits I bought! lol would love to see some pics when there done...

lol well heading to folks house today will be working on them all weekend. as mom has the iron and such. Not to mention have to install the covertech in my lightsaber as well. lol

Dont worry I'll take lots of pics!

Ok nearly done with the second pouch here are construction pics!

Getting this snap on was a big ordeal. The snaps I have are meant for a thicker leather. Took a little plotting but I ended up using dremel to cut down the posts and through trial and error was able to get the correct size. The top of snap jiggles a little but it seems sturdy.



Here are also a couple shots of how the steaming went thanks Jaster for the suggestion





Went ahead and dyed the inside and then the belt loop straps



Dyed the outside. Dried.... Dyed... dried... sealed.... dried... sealed some more.... lol

Finally able to attach the belt loop straps





Put in the liner. Didn't get photos of that it was abit on the intense side trying to make it all fit. I will take pics for the third pouch.

Sewed up the sides



Made sure the rivet holes at the top stay open till I can set them



Front View of nearly completed pouch



Inside view of pouch with liner



So just need to set rivets on sides and on lid tomorrow and condition the leather and its all done.

Inbetween the dying and drying I got the 3rd pouch prepped.



There ya go Started around noon stopped around 1 am lol I did eat lunch and dinner so no worries.

Ok final post for pouches yippee

This is mostly just showing how I did the inside liner since I sorta didn't include it in the pouch 2 pics.

Ok starting lining up one end trying to be sure its centered



The top glued down



Cutting down in the creases with out cutting beyond the fray preventer. Very tricky spot to do to get all the folds right without getting too bulky for sewing later



Ok cutting done and glued the sides down as well as the inner crease to prevent the satin from shifting too much



More adjusting the seams and gluing them as well as the fold points at the bottom of the pouch to keep that down and in place.



A straight on view shot



Now glueing down the sides being sure to stop so I can fold down the last seam and hoping it meets where its supposed to at the top



Sewed the sides up and now the completed view



As my 2nd pouch seemed abit wide at the top I modified this one to be more streamlined so here is nearly completed pics of it just need to install the rivets above the sewing.





and no I dont know why there are glowing dots in the corner of this one



One percaution learned its a bad idea to slip while pushing a rivet stud through the hole sliced a nice hole under my nail in doing the lid rivets. Lesson learned

Now that its all done I'll be doing final pics with belt and then full costume to get my approval done so I can start trooping um rebelling lols