It feels like such little progress considering how long and how much fiddling they took to get right, and honestly I'm still not happy with them. But I'm done fiddling, as I'm running out of hair to pull out. Fellow tack makers, I strongly advise against using such tiny hot-fix studs on patent leather... especially something that is going to be jammed on and off of models so many times. The good news is that I will probably have to keep the set. I *love* the look of them, but man is it annoying when those tiny dots pop off! And to think, I wanted to do 6-8 of them. I hope to have better progress shots later in the week, when the sun decides to come out again. Other good news... they fit my Punjabi & Poudre, so some day perhaps they will get to wear the set. :)
4 comments:
Oh, they look great! I'm glad you decided to use the dots instead of the squares. They look in scale and quite elegant. I love the way patent leather tack looks, but it is so difficult to work with that glue-resistant surface. Kudos to you for sticking it out. I don't usually have the patience...
VERY nice Darleen! And it's good to know about the Hotfix and patent leather, I've only used them on regular leather and I was wondering how they would hold up. I look forward to seeing these in person Saturday!
Soooooooooo pretty! Can't wait to see this in person Saturday!
Stupid question from a non-"tack maker"... can you score or "scrape" off the patent portion immediately below the dot before gluing the dots, or does that not really help?
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