Busy, then slow. Rentals

 The prior couple weeks were busy.  Ragtime has teched and opened.  Venus in Furs has opened.  The past week and a half has been a time to breathe, get things back into order, and read up on the 2 plays coming up to start working on this month. In this time Jim and Sarah have been able to get caught up with lots of rental requests.
 This prop shop rents out items to many companies. In town to out of state.  Some shows get rented almost as a whole, (39 steps).  This is something that is often kept in the back of their minds when building props for shows.  The possibility of it renting out.  Renting out props is an important part of this prop shop, helping recuperate some expenses and brings income in.
  During this time I worked on a bunch of little things. I organized the money drawer and the smoking/tobacco drawers.  I helped to an inventory in the dirty side of the shop to do a shopping list.  We took things back down to restock in the basement and at the warehouse. Helped reorganize lamp land in storage. For Ragtime, I cut down more packs of tobaccoless cigarettes and reloaded ammo boxes.  Painted a music stand.
The last week of tech Ragtime I painted the wicker chair, touched up paint on the car and piano. Figured out how to cut the pages for the flip book to make an even edge for binding.

Bucky the Deer  Rental
  This is a stuffed deer that is going out for the third time this year.  He needed some fixing up.  His seems were splitting.  It is made up of real deer hide, stuffed with something and fake antlers.  It hangs great from a long pole carried by 2 people.

  I hand sewed him up with industrial thread and a leather needle.  This is an old prop from storage that none of these artisans had built.  There was some really bad sewing on the outside. Old glued sections underneath with fake leather and the cotton fake fur in the middle underside sections.  My job was to try and make it sturdy and tighten it up. 

  It took me about a total of 5 hours to get it to a satisfactory condition to be sent out.  I got it done Monday afternoon. Which was a good thing because the organization renting it came a day early. 

Seams on legs that were split open exposeing cotton and pleather stuffing.

Exposed stitching and splitting seams.

Tightening up the seam.  Using a blind stitch method from cotton center into and out of leather hide, making sure to weave the fur over stitches to hide edges and look more natural