CowboyDan

Thanks to all the others for their ideas. I'm planning on using a deer-tanned hide treated with mink oil to form the pocket, with an elastic around the top to keep the bottle/cup from falling out, and also to make it as easy as possible to get it in & out of the bag. I'm going to start with the outside front part at the bottom of the pocket, bring it up to where I want the top of the pocket to be, then fold over and down. take the leather almost as far down as the piece started, then fold back up. This way the only seams will be on the sides. The insulation (what ever I decide to use) will wrap around the actual pocket in a U-shape, with the bottom of the U being at the bottom of the pocket, and the ends being in the pocket seam. For the seams, I'm planning on making the edges of the front piece wrap around all the way behind the last layer of insulation. This way I have 4 layers of leather, and 2 layers of insulation to compress and hopefully make it water-tight. I'll probably also use a really short stitch. I may even do an inner stitch with just the two inner layers of the pocket and the insulation, then another stitch outside of that with all 6 layers of material. Or if I feel really ambitious, a stitch on just the inner pocket leather, a stitch just outside of that with the insulation and inner leather, then another one outside that with all 6 layers. I envision at least 2 of these for each diaperbag, and I have 2 bags to make.

You're awesome! I don't care what anyone else says. Now the engineer in me wants to know more about the ambient temperature in the room, humidity level, and water bottle size & construction to determine the heat flux through the carrier. That way I can calculate how much insulation I need to keep sippy-cups and bottles at the correct temperature. But, I don't think I'll go there. The lazy bone in my body has been getting the better of me today.

Thanks. That sounds like the ideal stuff.

Reminder :D

You weren't wrong, that snake is bright! Darn good job there.

Is there a particularly good material to use for insulation? I'm planning to make some diaperbags, and one thing everyone said when I asked about features, was insulated pockets for bottles & sippy-cups. I think I know how to make the pocket so it's almost waterproof, but I need some insulation and am not sure what to use. I have zero background in regular cloth sewing & such like, so I have no clue what is even out there. And the search of google and LW didn't really help (although I found a lot of bunnie-trails on LW!!!)

Looks good. I think there might not be enough contrast to tell what exactly the pattern is from more than a few feet away. But within a few feet, yeah, I think folks are going to want one too. I made a purse for my sister some years ago, and was constantly getting requests from other girls & women for me to make them a purse similar to it.

There is a 'quilting with leather' book that I got from Tandy, and that's where I got the pattern. It's quite intricate. Took FOREVER to sew. The whole purse was sewn by hand.

Hey all! I remembered this thread from when I was lurking on here looking for ideas for a workbench. The outer frame is 2x4, the legs are 4x4, the plywood top is 23/32" (Can't seem to be able to get 3/4" any more). The granite is a piece from a local monument company that he was a leftover from making pavers for his patio. Under the granite and the plywood is 2x3s. There are 10 2x3s under the granite, as well as sitting directly on the tops of the legs. The 2x3s under the plywood are spaced about 15" on center. Leg bracing is 2x4 on the bottom, and the diagonal is a 1x4 left over from another project. Finish is minnwax ipswich pine, and several coats of polyurethane on the top. Just one or two coats of poly everywhere else. The LED lights are a $30 set from Lowes, their number 354846. A cheap extension cord runs from the wall to the back of my bench. The switches are hot-glued to the underside of the shelf in the middle. Well, here's what resulted. It's a mess, as any good workbench should be. I'm in the process of making organizers and hangers for the tools. For anyone making a bench, it doesn't take a lot of tools. I did this with a cordless drill, cordless circluar saw, chisels, tape measure, framing square, a 4' straight edge, two c-clamps, and a 5" random-orbit sander. A shop-vac (even a small one) makes a really great dust collector for sanding. I have a 1x1 that I use.

Howdy from Pennsylvania. I've done a few projects in leather a few years ago, and am just getting back into it. My parents got me the Basic Kit from Tandy for Christmas one year while I was in college. I think they ended up regretting that! There was many an evening where the rest of the family endured my pounding as a live background soundtrack to their movie. Anyway, I've done some smaller carving projects, and some sewing/lacing projects. I've attached a few pictures of some things I've done. The butterfly became a hair thingy for a friend's baby sister. The flower is something I drew up and cut, but never got a chance to stamp. The chaps were something I made for a friend and I. (I'm the bearded one) My masterpiece (thus far) is a purse I made for my sister. She used it every day for 6 years up till about 6 months ago. The hair-on hide started losing the hair, so she doesn't use it every day now. I've done a few other things; guitar strap, knife holster, cell phone cases, and most recently a multi-tool case. After about a 5 year hiatus, I'm getting back in this saddle. Got a leather-working bench built, and am trying to figure out how I want to do diaper bags. I have two bags to do for my brothers wives before the end of the year. Apparently there's something in the air!