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10-24-2007, 09:49 AM
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| | | Day sporran to semi-dress sporran
I needed a semi-dress sporran for an event I have coming up, but no real money to lay out. Thanks to someone's suggestion in another thread (the member will have to excuse me, since I can't find the thread, and can't remember whose suggestion it was), I came up with this... 
Its my SWK economy sporran, with 6.00 worth of acrylic fur and buttons attached (with Red_Raven's invaluable help, since I am pretty much all thumbs with this sort of thing).
The buttons are the same buttons I intend to put on my modified dress jacket, so the sporran will match the jacket.
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10-24-2007, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by ChromeScholar  I needed a semi-dress sporran for an event I have coming up, but no real money to lay out. Thanks to someone's suggestion in another thread (the member will have to excuse me, since I can't find the thread, and can't remember who's suggestion it was), I came up with this...
It my SWK economy sporran, with 6.00 worth of acrylic fur and buttons attached (with Red_Raven's invaluable help, since I am pretty much all thumbs with this sort of thing).
The buttons are the same buttons I intend to put on my modified dress jacket, so the sporran will match the jacket. | Looks great to me. You should post the pics of the whole ensemble when you get it finished. Where did you pick up the buttons?
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10-24-2007, 10:09 AM
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I'm a less is more kind of guy - so I would have gone with just one silver button but this looks really great. It has a nice level of craftsmanship and real "understated elegance."
Very nice indeed!
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10-24-2007, 12:02 PM
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ChromeScholar,
Nicely done. I came up with the idea, but you actually made a semi dress sporran. Good for you!
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10-24-2007, 12:10 PM
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I found that they seem to be available at most sewing stores. Here in MD that would be JoAnn fabrics and Hancock fabrics. I have seen similar at Wally World and some of the craft stores.
| In fact, I picked up the buttons and fur at the local JoAnn Fabric store.
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10-24-2007, 12:18 PM
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I like it. For a more formal look you could make some fur tassles and put them on silver chains.
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10-24-2007, 12:42 PM
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I brought the sporran to work to photograph (that's where the camera was). It was sitting on the desk afterwards when one of my female customers spots it.
"What a darling purse," she gushes. "Where can I get one like it?" It took me several minutes to explain that it wasn't a purse...
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10-24-2007, 12:53 PM
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I like it!!!
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10-24-2007, 12:56 PM
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I like it. For a more formal look you could make some fur tassles and put them on silver chains
| Now that would be cool. I have seen silver chains at the fabric store and at the hobby store (for jewelry--necklaces and the like). How would you go about making a fur tassel? A cylinder of fur would look ok but need a metal base for it--preferably to match the chain.
As far as sporran making goes, I would love to try my hand at a fur evening sporran but cannot find a nice cantle to go on it. The closest thing I have seen is a metal top designed for a ladies purse and this doesn't look quite the same (a bit too "girly"). I even did a google search but came up empty. Anybody have any suggestions?
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