So...Whatever Happened to that Coon Hide?

Y'all haven't forgotten about my first foray into hide tanning, have you? Good, because neither did I.

I finally got around to making that coon-hide pouch I threated to make. I'm convinced that Mum thinks me slightly loco: "You are really going to carry that thing?" :D 

If  anybody looks at the thing (which I assured Katherine I would not call "That Rascal"), they will most certainly know that it's an amateur job, but I did learn a little in the process (and had fun) so that is really what matters at this point. Besides, the pouch is actually useable!

The following is a photographic progress report:

Marked; ready for cutting. I actually took a hair more off on the left side than I meant to, but it worked out alright.

Cutting; I love my pocketknife! (I went with the drop point blade rather than the sheeps foot because I figured it would work best--some odd notion about blade angles, etc... :D)

I'm afraid the seams aren't the straightest, but for a first time with a stitching awl, I think it's alright.

You see the ice-pick back there? On top of using it to poke holes for the eyelets in my dress that day, I used it to help pull extra thread from the awl.

No...we didn't go crazy and no...we aren't fighting over my hide turned pouch....

We were just trying to get That Rascal (;D) turned right-side out!! (Sorry, Katherine, I couldn't help it!)

Abby was completely fascinated with the coon hide (they match!)

The first handle/belt loop...I was tying off at this point.

This un is a bit blurry...(the yellow is scrap from my dress.)

The flap (could call it a lid!) consists of the left rear leg and the tail.

And there you have it! I know it looks kind of goofy, but I'm pleased as punch with it all the same.

        Racheal