Dear Ruth, 
      YEs, for the leather, the sewing machine behaved fairly well. 
For some reason, it usually does.    I get my leather jackets  to 
recycle at yard sales.   The top price i will pay is $5 and that has to 
be something pretty special.  Even at that price, i get maybe four 
pouches and some 'scrapy' projects from it.  The pouches sell 
[when they sell]  for $7-$11 each.   Added costs; a different $10 
machine about every 20 pouches, a dollar for the special thread and 
needle, and another dollar for the thong.  Parsed out, it costs $9.50 in 
materials to make at least $28, worth of pouches, plus anything else i 
can get out of it.   If the jacket came with a belt, that lets me do 
some other lucrative things.    I haven't sold any of the beverage 
carriers yet, so i don't know what the traffic will bear on them. 
   I too have several of the multiple hole punches, but the BC bottoms 
are on a curve that  make punching them , a real nuisance. 
   Sara, my injured friend,  spent the evening with me last night [while 
our husbands went to a meeting].   She is doing very well . She can 
already hold things in her injured hand.  She plans to start a small 
Ribbon EMB kit today.   She cannot, of course support any considerable 
weight or lift it above her bust.   Thanks for your thoughtful 
suggestions. 
                     Shalom,  ll 
 
 
 
 
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