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I just posted on Mastodon about these greeting cards and figured I post here as well. Beautiful handmade cards from Chilliwack BC. I just got my first order and I am very happy. Go check them out!

I just found this community on Lemmy! Yay! I have been posting a bunch of #BuyCanadian on Mastodon so far. I’ll start posting here as well.

Here is one of my previous posts that I think isn’t discussed much yet. Canadian appliances are a thing. Danby and Salton have small kitchen appliances but there is at least also this:

I am really intrigued by this Canadian appliance brand. I heard Costco sells them too. Does anybody have one of their ranges or fridges? https://uniqueappliances.com/collections/

So much fun. Such a good burn. He is truly the best entertRainer! link to workout

Fiebings Pro dye and Barge won’t be sold in Canada any longer. Law change starting 2024 banning both products in Canada because of VOCs.

Comment with your challenges!

If you like to design your own patterns check out Affinity Designer. Blows my mind!

Quick to learn how to draw patterns, easy to resize and so so much more.

Here is a great example from today: I tried to figure out how to get the length of the one side of an odd shaped part of my pattern. I know the measuring tool in Affinity but it seemed to only do straight lines, distance between objects or area.

Quick search and I learned I can break the curve points and then it shows me the length of the different sides and the area 🤯

Extremely handy especially when working with zippers in a certain size.

I also can export as svg or pdf. Print and cut your patterns (pdf) or if you have a Cricut or Silhouette (svg), cut the patterns with that! Or even the leather if not too thick.

I am considering selling some patterns in the future and I can even toss in the afdesign file for people so they can adjust what they want.

Affinity Designer btw is super affordable especially compared to Adobe Illustrator and such. If I remember correctly there is free 30 day trial.

Anybody else using Affinity Designer?

I am moderating this sub and it shows 4 comments. I only see 3?! https://lemmy.ca/post/1528939 Does anybody else see 4? I am a bit concerned if there are 4 and I can see only 3 (2 are mine). As a moderator that would be no good.

I recently watched this video by Corter and it was a bit of an aha moment.

Whether it’s repair, changing the thread colour or in my case fixing some mistakes … I love how leather products can be opened up and redone. Not everything of course but the stitch line is fairly simple to revamp, billets are quickly replaced and even edges can be re-burnished.

I love the 2nd bag that I ever made a lot but it was my second bag. I had missed a whole and one corner was therefore off, I attached the buckle upside down (it works but looks off) and a seam was opening up. Burnished edges weren’t good yet.

So I sat down today and fixed it all. It was easier than I thought and it’s a nice upgrade! I wish I had taken before and after pics.

I had deleted all my content before the subs went dark. Some (very few) came back and I deleted again. But for a couple of weeks now my account is clear of all content. I decided to request my data from Reddit to see what they would send. They sent me my whole (deleted!) content. Like every comment and post ever submitted to the site. Is there anyway to request them to delete?!

I am still on version 1 but I want to add the iPad app. Are the files compatible or will I run into the version issue?! They have a sale on right now so I am looking at $125 (universal upgrade) vs iPad only ($18). It’s a huge difference. I don’t need the full suite of software really just the designer.

Hi everybody,

I thought I would start a pinned thread to list suppliers here. Feel free to comment your favourites please. Incl. country, and what you like buying there and I’ll start adding here.

USA

Rocky Mountain Leather Supply (ships internationally as well) https://www.rmleathersupply.com

Weaver Leather Supply (ships internationally as well) https://www.weaverleathersupply.com The Ohio Travel Bag https://ohiotravelbag.com/

The Leather Guy https://theleatherguy.org/

Hide House https://www.hidehouse.com/

Springfield Leather https://www.springfieldleather.com/

Brettuns Village https://brettunsvillage.com/

Zack White https://www.zackwhite.com/

Buckle Guy https://www.buckleguy.com/ Hardware

Canada

OA Leather Supply (ships internationally as well) https://www.oaleathersupply.com

Buckskin Leather http://buckskinleather.com/

Lonsdale Leather https://lonsdaleleather.com/

Hand & Sew https://leathertools.ca/

Zipperloft (also ships to the US!) http://zipperloft.ca/ Great YKK zipper collection, lots of colours and styles. They also can do custom.

Emmaline Bags https://emmalinebags.com/ Selling lots of bag hardware, Giardini edge paint etc.

These are huge this year.