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Coco Olson-Paul

@cocoolsonpaul

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All the crafts. Come along my making journey!
Artist and Maker of all sorts of things, located in SLC, Utah
@_sailorcoco_ @burnbabyburnstudio

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Follow along as I walk ya through my first skiving lesson 👯‍♀️🗣️ I am primarily using The Art of Inlay and Overlay by Lisa Sorrell, the amazing boot maker and artist! You can buy the book on her website, sorrellnotionsandfindings.com @sorrellcustomboots. As well as a skiving knife if ya need. Im just learning!
#leathergoods #skiving #making #crafts by @cocoolsonpaul

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Working on a calling card to bring with me to Wichita Falls, Texas for Boot and Saddle Makers Trade Show and Chicago for Stitchdown! by @cocoolsonpaul

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Looking at old samples I’ve made as I work on getting ready to make a pair of cowboy boots! But the making will commence once I price out the materials and tools I need. I am currently planning my manufacturing process and design so that J will help me set up a shop (and a business). So I’m working on process steps with tools and machine (&options) for each step. As well as a parts flow, a bill of materials, and business plan! by @cocoolsonpaul

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If ur in SLC, order from @foldingently! I had fun learning different styles of piping and decorating. My favorite part was mixing all the custom colors heheheeehehe
I decorated this cake for @sar_creates 🌟 ⭐️ 💫
I’m super excited for @shelbihan to make more frosting some time and for me to put it on stuff 🤪😂😂😂❤️ by @cocoolsonpaul

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These are pants I made earlier this year! Fabric is from JoAnns when that used to be a store…I made the pattern, based off a pair of vintage jeans. They got some issues, if you have suggestions for the next pair let me know what ya think! ☺️😝 a perfect example of my theme of the year, f*ck it uppppppppppppppp by @cocoolsonpaul

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These are some vision boards I started at @craftclubslc early in the year. They cover a couple different areas of my life - business, play, house. I started by gathering inspo pics from around the internet, old magazines and some pictures from my life. One page wasn’t cutting it and I was having so much fun I made four! Haha. @lexi.wissenbach joined me for some of the crafting :)

My theme for this year is F*ck it Upppppp. To me it means to work on just trying and failing. And this year I feel like I’ve been doing just that. Failing is a very important part of learning. Plus most of the time I try and I don’t fail nearly as often as I think I will!

My most recent fail was I spent hours planning and rearranging my house so I could fit my new sewing machine somewhere in it. I measured all my furniture and made layouts in Illustrator. I even moved all my furniture a couple times trying different layouts. And then I had a conversation with J and he helped me see that although I can just slap a sewing machine somewhere, it won’t really help me have a space that feels comfortable and is functional. So with the help of @snolonely my brother I put everything back. Complimented J on his original layout. And I am back to the drawing board. I am working on documenting all the steps of my process and what machines and tools I need at what steps. Then J will help me make a layout that really works for our needs. by @cocoolsonpaul

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I got this vintage belt in Portland last year and I love it. I decided to try out my own version using scraps and things I had laying around. I came up with this design “Cherry Blossom Celebration” 🎉 I’ve left it as a sample bc I didn’t have enough leather to make a belt haha. I’m hoping to finish it now that I have a machine with a wheel foot! Well, the Singer 31-15 I just picked up will have the wheel foot once I put it on. by @cocoolsonpaul

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I’m working on my airbrushing skills. This piece is a test I did back in June. I have a cabinet project I’m working on that I’d like to airbrush. It will be a variety of sunrises and sunset landscapes. Eventually I want to build airbrushing into my leather work. I love low riders so so much and would love to be able to work on cars.
This one reminds me of a nebula. I was trying to work on gradients and seeing how the colors lay. While also trying to just figure out my airbrush.
I learned to not airbrush in direct sun since the paint kept drying out in the pot. It was a pain to clean. by @cocoolsonpaul

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This was the first leather jacket I made back in March. I copied the jacket pattern from a jacket laying around that fit him well. The same for the pants. Half perforated suede from @makingspacethrift
I then thoroughly messed up the collar I was trying to make bc I accidentally cut the neck too wide in a moment of not thinking. It is Frankensteined together but it is a collar. The collar is a little too high bc it hits his helmet if he turns. All in all the jacket is a bit too big all around but it does see a lot of wear.
On the pants, I pulled the zipper weirdly which then made on of the legs twist. I need to cut that leg at the knee and get it on right to make them more wearable. by @cocoolsonpaul

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I whipped this leather moto jacket up in May. J designed it in Clo3D, I cut the pieces with the projector and sewed it up on my Nakajima 341L in a speedy hurry. It was a fast prototype to work on fit and the process flow, made in a few days.
The original design was intended to have the black panels be a mesh for breathability. Since it was a mock up I used half perforated suede from @makingspacethrift.
I made a canvas mock up, which I’ll probably post more making details on my making page @cocoolsonpaul . We made minor changes to the fit and then made this one. There are some things I’d change but it was good to work on letting go on perfectionism (perfect seams, etc) bc it is just a mock up. by @cocoolsonpaul

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Oil cloth Chelsea boot.
The pattern was easy but it was hard to sew the elastic in. Really like it, wish I made a second! by @cocoolsonpaul

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4 years ago

High heeled boot pattern. I made a mock-up. by @cocoolsonpaul

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