I've learned a lot from reading these forums and thought I'd show my first works. I'd wanted some leather for my TCP and decided to try building some myself. After doing a lot of reading here I ordered some HO 6/7oz leather, fiebings die, and the SLC sewing kit.
First try was the pocket holster. The stitch line was a little loose, so I offset it a bit to tighten things up. I didn't do too much forming as I didn't want too much retention.
Second piece was the pancake. I liked the double stitchline look after my adjustment on the pocket holster so did it intentionally this time. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I could use some more work on edges and I've gotta work on keeping the awl perpendicular when punching holes. The holster is a little tight now but I think it will break in to be about right.
Working on these really gives you an appreciation for what goes into the professional stuff.
One question: I wasn't great at keeping the awl at 45deg, but I was close for most of the pancake. What do you do at corners? I wasn't sure whether to split the difference in angle at corners or align the awl with one of the rows.