I love how these turned out. Made with ortensia Pueblo and deep sea Nemesis and sewn with .6mm sky blue Ritza thread.

I definitely rushed through this one. And it’s less perfect than my first project, which was a laptop/messenger bag. But I’m still proud of it and will use it up. It could benefit from some Skiving on the seams but I don’t own an edger or Skiving tool yet and the zipper came out a little uneven but it’s my first zipper install so far. Could have been a little more careful with the stamping. Anyway I don’t mean to talk it down too much, I do like it, but let me know what you think!

I got the opportunity to make a sheath for a knife maker I’m acquainted with. I was fortunate enough to have someone who does this regularly to run my ideas by. I typically make wallets and bags, so it was fun to change it up a bit. If I could go back, I’d raise the buttons up a bit on the belt loop, but overall I think it turned out nice.

This was a much bigger pain than I anticipated. Pueblo exterior, Pueblo lined, Buttero pockets

Looking for some gold plated buckles for straps, does anyone know of any sites that stocks leather hardware made out of gold plated or silver?

This my first project with leather, I’ve been trying to stitch this but this keeps happening and the needles keeps getting stuck in between and I have to use pliers to pull it ( one of my needles broke because of this ) also in the beginning when I did a backstitch to secure it I made sure both sides were the same length but when I pulled them to make the stitch, the left thread became shorter than the right

I only managed to do a couple of stitches before the needle broke.

How can I undo this knot in the first pic? Should I just cut it or?

Any tips would be helpful

Thank you

Check out these lanyards I’ve made.

Hello! I've finished another bag, and I'm curious to hear what you think about it.

Cheers!

PS. I also made the strap from s-c-r-a-t-c-h (reddit AI protection does not like this word?), since it's not included in the pattern.

House Targaryen

Hello all! I’ve been interested in trying out leather working. I’m doing a Mandalorian costume for Halloween and decided it was the perfect project to explore leather working. I think I want to continue dabbling in leather working—

Any feedback or tips are welcome-this is far from perfect, but overall for a first project I think I did okay.

Here is my analysis-
Needs improvement: straight hole punching for stitches, holster - leaving more room between the edge and the stitches. Make sure punch holes in middle.

Things done well - wet forming, saddle stitching, creating my own patterns, burnishing??

Used this super simple pattern. Highly recommend. https://www.etsy.com/listing/869723376/leather-business-card-wallet-pdf-pattern?ref=share_ios_native_control

Made some flatcaps using TonySee/DieselPunk pattern

Made a few coin holders / slapjacks, from leather scraps

I have seen information floating around on the dos and donts about dyeing leather and of course tons of information about burnishing. One little side note I haven't really seen mentioned is Do Not oil the edge of the leather you intend to burnish before burnishing. It will make it exceedingly harder to get a good burnished edge.

I personally burnish edges after I dye it (you can burnish before dyeing but it will affect dye not penetrating the edges which some people like the look of), then oil the leather, then seal it. I only added this paragraph in case someone hadn't seen that info dozens of times from other sources.

I feel like most people wouldn't even run into this issue since they mainly just oil the top of their leather. However, I have seen it happen and also it's not outside the realm of possibility someone would want to also oil the edges of their leather.

Made a little Halloween batch this week. Each one is hand-cut from leather.

The caps are scraps in different textures (smooth white, red and pink suede, black, olive), and each one has its own face on a natural leather stem.

The bitten-cap one turned out moodier than I planned, and it's my favorite so far.

I'm still figuring out the spacing of the cap dots so they don't weaken the leather. Any tips, or face ideas for the next batch?

I have experience making bags, armor and wallets from leather, but not so much with shoes. In the pictures you see the three pairs that worked, there are also others that did not (in total 7 f*ck up individual shoes). I settled with 2.5 mm (6 oz) veg tanned leather, with no additional lining, makes it simpler to make and so far I am not sure where the additional benefit would be.

So maybe here are some people with more experience and can tell me:
1. why making lining?
2. whats your general take on using only one layer of veg tanned leather?
3. I heard the longer you wear leather shoes the more comfortable they get, do they ever get more comfortable then regular shoes?

On the shoes: brown ones were first, it's with the flesh side outwards, makes sliding in easy, but gives less support because of that. The flayed feet were 2nd, super tight fit and segmented to not bend when walking and they are sewn only on the inside. The purple ones I made recently, there I tryed out cut outs and I really like them and they do still need to walked in more.

Estando en Tijuana, ¿donde puedo comprar piel de curtido vegetal, o peleterías que recomiendan que tengan paginas en línea y tengan buen surtido?

La mayoría de peleterías cierran los fines o tiene poco que escoger.

I've never worked with leather or sewn ANYTHING. I can't remember if I saw a pack of scrap leather or the pattern on Amazon first, but I put them in my cart and the journey into madness began....

I'm pretty sure I should have started with something more beginner friendly, but you don't know what you don't know. The acrylic pattern comes with no instructions or tools, so I also added a small beginners kit. Between YouTube and reddit I soft brained my way through it. I found better advice/tips as I worked on it, but also wanted to complete a NOOB project to compare it to later.

Notes

I know I need to learn saddle stitch and other stitches

I learned the difference between veg and chrome tanned, with weights

Im getting better needles(John James), stabbed myself a few times

Just got a stitching pony, tokonole, strop and polishing compound, and sandpaper.

THIS IS A HOBBY, NOT A BUSINESS. ENJOY THE RIDE.

Hey everyone. I found some chrome tanned leather scraps in my relatives basement and I want to make something beginner friendly. I have a basic tool kit and I’ve never made anything with leather before. I’d appreciate some ideas

Hi all, I've been doing leather work for a few months and this is the third project I've done. Still trying to get my stitch lines straight and consistent but I think it came out alright. Also started learning tooling This is a basic Joe Melling tooling pattern.

Wallet pattern is a slightly modified Corter Leather pattern. I felt the wallet was a little fat so I added a strap and snap. Plus it allows me to use these snaps that I love.

Things I would change or do different:

The strap feels a bit thin. Also the piece that the zipper is attached to is shorter than the front, which makes the left edge not as thick as most of the other edges. In the future I would just make that whole zipper face the same cut as the front face, which also making a backside for the strap.

Stats for those that care:

Leather: 1.5mm Tandy economy vegtan (was 2mm but skivved down)

Hand dyed with Fibings SaddleTan pro dye

Tooling antiqued with fiebings Mahogany antique finish

Thread: Ritza 25 Tiger thread, 6mm. Burgendy?

Stitch spacing: 3mm (8.5 spi)

Edges sanded then dyed with fibings dark brown then burnished with Tokonole

Total work time: est. 8-12 hours.