So this was the product of a mistake. I had already taken my previous project (https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/24039237), measured it and replicated it in LibreCAD for a reproducible pattern and this was my attempt to use that pattern. Problem is that the full length of the strap is longer than a piece of A4 paper so the pattern was split over two pages. Plan was to scratch each half onto my leather and cut it out in one go.

However I got a bit too enthusiastic and accidentally traced and cut the entire thicker section of it out... So rather than abandon it I made the best of the situation and found a contrasting but similar thickness leather and tried my first join! A bit of glue, some accurate stitching chisel placement and they were attached! I was genuinely shocked as to how well it worked, I thought much more material would be needed for tha

For most of my detailed cutting I've been using generic #11 craft knife blades and it seems the "wear curve" on them is rather aggressive to start with then kind of goes flat.

Like, a new blade goes through leather like butter but that lasts for maybe 4-5 decently sized cuts before it starts needing multiple swipes and then at some point it almost feels like the leather is bumpy or grainy where the blade isn't cutting through denser sections.

I don't want to be too wasteful nor do I want to be forever changing blades - how long do you tend to go between changes?

I had a lot of fun with this one, just made it on the fly. Was originally planning to just make a relatively simple one that I could use to try lining an item but it seemed a waste as the suede side was so soft. Ended up creating this, its a really simple shape and not too difficult to make. Once I start doing some skiving to reduce the thickness where the retaining bands attach and some other embellishments I think this could look really good. I want to make this exact one again but this time in a much darker leather and with a really heavily contrasting thread.

I also made this keyring the other day, lets just say it was a learning exercise... The rivet was my first one and it went wonky, cutting a tiny slot with a knife through two layers was not a fun thing and I made a bit of a pigs ear of the stitching placement. I did however enjoy making

I had a lot of fun today. I had the day off so went down to the leather shop where my crafting journey began and bought a bunch of new tools, supplies and more leather offcuts to have more fun. I ended up getting around 8kg of leather, some black Tokonole, Sam Brown studs and punches, double cap rivets and setter, water based glue and some wing dividers.

When I got back I made this little wrist cuff thing, its rather comfortable, really just made it to see what an adjustable item using the stud could look like to have a go at using it.

I also made a little clutch I had been wanting to make for a while, it was actually one of the first patterns I downloaded, printed and stuck to card but I just didn't have

In my ongoing obsession to make little leather holders and pouches for the tools I need to make other holders and pouches in a weird cycle, I decided a nice and quick little project was to replace the little plastic holder for my awl with a leather one.

So I quickly sketched it, measured it and drafted it then made it. I think it came out ok, I really, really don't like this leather though, I don't know exactly what it is but its the only one I've got that's really thin enough and its got this weird stretchy texture where the top layer seems to move around when cutting and it burnishes really weirdly and not very nicely. It also gets all kinds of weird stretch marks and things around the stitches, I'm interested to find out what it actually is.

Just came back from a week away for work which has torn me away from my learning. Getting back into the flow of things with a simple little project and free pattern from J. H. Leather which is a little pouch for holding needles.

I made a few mistakes on this, had to unpick some thread and the pattern seemingly was designed for stitching chisels of a different pitch so I've got some uneveness (yes I probably could have accounted for it but I just kind of went in head first on it). I'm not overly keen on the pattern itself so I'd like to draft my own at some point instead to make it more how I prefer.

I do feel I'm coming to a point where I need some new tools to play with, an edge beveller and some simple hardware setting tools (and hardware) in particular.

I am having an idea for a bag and I believe I have seen this technique somewhere before. I just have no idea what it’s called and hence have a hard time finding a video or instructions.

Essentially I want a round corner the comes out a bit and then the gusset over the two sides. I believe I have seen an approach where you cut a side piece with rounded corners and then cut perpendicular into the middle of the corner. Then sew that cut and turn over. The corner sticks out essentially and the side is then attached to a long piece that runs from one side around as bottom and up on the other side.

I am not sure if I am explaining this well enough to ID. I will try to find a pic.

This one isn't even slightly complicated but I was able to knock the entire thing out in about 2.5 hours from the start of taking measurements to it being finished.

I needed something to hold or at least cover the ends of my thread snippers so I just quickly took some measurements, made a very simple pattern in LibreCAD, printed it, glued it to cardboard and cut out and constructed the thing. From the first leather cut to it being completed it took about 90 minutes. Its nice being significant more confident in each step and having saddle stitching down now meaning this kind of project was completed with basically no drama or significant effort.

Well, I say no drama. My cheap Aliexpress diamond stitching chisels have some bent prongs, which is no loss, I knew they would only be of limited use and just wanted to see if I should invest in some dec

This was quite a fun one. Lots of curvy lines to cut out freehand, used a hole punch rather than chisels and had some rather difficult sewing to close it up. Fun and cute though!

Pattern I downloaded (with video) is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YAPf-X10ZI

So this is today's creation. I kind of just wanted to try out wet moulding and my knife was a kind of simple enough flat shape to try it. It actually didn't go too badly, sure I could have done with better (and gentler) clips and a thicker, or at least less stretchy, leather but I think it worked.

The other thing that was new to me here is that I just freehanded the whole thing. I took some rough pencil marks and some rough measurements to start with but, having no idea how wide the front panel needed to be I just kind of glued it, cut it, stitched it, cut it some more, sanded and burnished it, all just freehand because I couldnt really get a ruler in there to cut against.

So yeah, rough as hell, misshapen in places and covered in marks and little mistakes but I kind of love it for that.

Today I made a tool pouch thing out of really thick leather, far thicker than anything I've worked with so far (about 4mm). It was originally intended to hold my stitching chisels and was going to have two lines of vertical stitching to create 3 pockets but I really didn't take into account just how thick this stuff was and I didn't have nearly the right tolerances for it so I just didn't make the pockets.

This thing was tough. I had real issues in getting my chisels out after making the holes (especially on the triple thick section - even with just a 2-prong) and this has been the first project to draw blood - one of the first sets of holes I made with my 10-prong and as it released it flew back and scratched my hand.

My 6th project. This one I self drafted rather than using an online pattern (although I did use a few to get an idea) and was really just meant to be a very simple one to practice stitching and get a nice super burnished edge. The flap is a tad wide but the leather is really stretchy so the band quickly accomodated it.

This is my next one, used a pattern for a coin or (yet another) card holder which was significantly more complicated than any I've done so far. All my previous projects have been very much flat - cut out pieces, glue them flat, sew them together.

This one featured two really tiny gussets and no instructions for how to put any of this together, so I tried my best to put things together in an order that made sense and, whilst it took quite a while, it went together ok.

I made a few mistakes as usual, the nearly completed item was a real pain to complete the stitching on and I made a mistake in not realising i would need to be stitching to be continuous over the top of the gusset so ended up with 3 separate s

Hi, I'm new to this community and its sad that it appears to be a little quiet to say the least. Still, maybe if I post some stuff it might get some people interested again.

So I only very recently started leathercrafting. It has been a desire of mine for a little while but I really got the bug a couple of months ago and waited to go on a cheap course to see if I liked it before I started spending money on tools and supplies. And since I did it last Friday (7th of March) I've been having a lot of fun.

So here are the things I've made so far, I'm very much still learning and I know a lot of this is very rough still but I'm definitely improving already!

Card holder 1

Made in the workshop I did last Friday, I don't mind how this came out, but my stitching is really rough (I didn't really have a consistent method yet and kept putting the thread over or under in random orders.

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Basically title.

I have two left hands, but sometimes I stumbled upon a nice creation from a small artisan on the Internet, and would like to share. Is it allowed?

I was able to make the holster in a day. It took longer to find a pattern I liked.

I don't own a stitching pony so this is how I decided to hold my work. It's not perfect as the thread sometimes get caught on the vice and it's only three inches wide but it's much faster than trying to hold the piece with my hands as I stitch it.

I've never made anything from leather. I'd like to make some keychain guitar pick holders like the one in the photo. I'm looking for advice on some tools required to make these.

I think there are tools like; punches to pop holes for stitches, burnishing the edge, sewing, installing the snap, etc.

I have a decent set of woodworking hand tools (knives, chisels, carving chisels, mallet, workbench, etc.)

I bought the one in the photo for $5 and realize a DIY one will cost 10x more but that's not the point.