DIY I Just Did a Palm for a Caring Customer

Hello lovely friends of NeedleWork, I have really missed you all with your good chat and creative needle works. I really apologize for being absent for some time now in the community. I faced a lot of health challenges which was the key reason I was unable to make some creative needles work. Right now, I’m getting stronger and partially back for my shoemaking works both in crochet and leather.

I was able to resume work yesterday but gaze what? I met one of my prominent shoemaking customers who told me that he has been asking my shoemaking team about me and they told him that I was partially ill. The customer also told me that he never wanted them to make any footwear for him because he always believes in me. This was how I was able to make a palm for the customer.

To my greatest surprise, when the customer came to collect the palm which I made for him, he praised my skill in shoemaking and encouraged my shoemaking team to always make sure they keep working with me to make sure that my future goal in shoemaking is achieved. The customer also told my shoemaking team that my loyalty and sound skill is what has kept him close as a customer.

I hope that you love the palm too. Without wasting much of your time, I will like to express the materials, tools, and procedures that were used in making the palm. The essence of doing this is to enable you to make the palm for yourself or for your loved one.

The material which I used in making the palm is as follows:

Foreign leather which I used in designing the top design.

Sole which I used in padding the downside of the palm, serves as protection from the sharp object during usage.

Thread: this was used in sewing the palm in order to make it last longer.

Gum: this is commonly used in holding leather together to avoid water from penetrating.

Tools that were used in making the palm are also considered below:

Sewing machine and needle.

Hammer.

Scissors/cutter.

Sandpaper machine.

Brush for gum application.

We are now going to be looking at the procedures adopted:

All the materials were acquired from the market.

Making proper measurements of the palm leg size including the top design was adopted.

After the measurement, use a pen to make a sketch of the leather to be used.

After you must have done that, use a scissor/cutter to cut out the areas of your sketch.

Right now, you have to take the top leather design of the palm to your sewing machine. Sew according to the design measured.

After you must have achieved that, use a sandpaper machine to make some cracks in the top leather design and the sole.

Right now, you have to use a brush to apply some gum to the sole and top leather design.

After the gum application, make sure to place them under the sun for about 2hrs for drying.

After drying, please fix your palm carefully. After that, use a hammer to tap.