Purses, Wallets, Belts and Miscellaneous Pocket Items
The bread-n-butter of leatherworkers, the things we carry or wear every day.
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Messed up flap for a hip purse so I decided to use it for color test. I really love playing with washes and gradients in color... and this tutorial ( [link] ) on DeviantArt really inspired me. Rose by Al Stohlman, flair in carving by me... I'm not traditional, I'm not realistic.. so I'm trying to combine my style... with existing designs, until I get used to how more realistic things work. Rose: several wash layers of red and water. Towards the end I mixed in some purple. Stem and Leaves: several washes of various mixes of green, yellow, and light brown. I don't know the ratio, I go by looks. I went in variants of layers to get depth. I used white as a highlight,…
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I'm making a bag for my wife. I showed her a picture of a bag aaron hizer at makers made and had to try it. The inlay design is what I'm taking from Aaron. The bag is a different pattern. It is my first attempt at inlay work too so, If anyone knows where to do better let me know. Cheers!
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was a lot harder than anticipated. this was the second try.
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This is pretty cool. It looks super thin and pretty cheap too. If I was making a bunch of wallets to sell I put this in every one of them as an additional selling point. It's so cheap you wouldn't have to pass much of an additional cost on to your customers. If I make another wallet for myself or a family member I plan on putting this in it. Like why not. I don't know how this has been out but it's the first time I've seen it. RMLS - 0.1mm RFID Blocking Fabric Mesh
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A happy Grand Niece
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Hello I have a silver bladed antique foldable knife and fork for which I would like a two compartment leather case made. I would prefer a case with a pull off lid, similar to one made for holding cigars. Is there anyone in the UK you may know off that would help please? Thank you
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A friend of mine wants me to make southwestern style stamped belts for his son and his wife. They live in AZ and it will be a surprise for them both. What would be a standard width for a lady's belt? 1 1/4" or 1 1/2" Men's is usually 1 1/2"
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I made a first strap from chrome tanned leather (lamb nappa on the inside) which turned out ugly but comfortable. My second one is from veg tan (same leather on the inside) and looks better, I think, but it feels stiff and uncomfortable. The thing is, I bought an Orient Blue Moon (very reasonably priced as automatic watch go) with leather strap and it also feels stiff and uncomfortable. So how is a good watch strap supposed to feel? Is it worth greasing/oiling the red leather (from the underside for a new strap, the red is a sort of coating) or should that have been done during tanning (i. e. do I need to find a different leather) ?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGumgagJrN0 Hey guys. I worked really hard to make this video. If you like what you see, please consider leaving a comment on YOUTUBE / hitting the like and subscribe button. It would really help me out as I’m trying to grow my business. I want to keep improving so please feel free to critique. Ask me any questions. Thank you!!
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No idea why the zipper would turn South me, but after getting one side of the internal dividers completely sewn together, in trying the zipper before moving to stitch the second side internal dividers, it hangs badly over one section requiring some yanks to get it past. Without the dividers in the zipper glided along quite smoothly, zero hang or resistance any where.. So Im fairly sure its the design and not my zipper... I had zero instructions on how to assemble this pattern, so I went with what the lady at the Tandy store suggested for the pocket dividers leather's width (1mm) plus watching sev. different YT videos. Guessing 1 or 2 causes: That divider lea…
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