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Thanks Tugadude I'm a hs football coach. I have only done projects with footballs. All I know. I just recently branched out into baseball gloves. Gonna give it a try with the half inch a try. Any tips on how to line it up. Bifold is easy, because you can stitch onside and then the other. With a trifold and having the middle, not quite sure how to align it.

Thank you guys. koreric75 I have seen this. I'm looking for more a traditional trifold. Tugadude I actually have this laid out. I just don't know if I like the pockets. Also I'm concerned with the fit of the outter piece and the inside piece. they are both the same length. I am using old footballs. and the leather is fairly thick. so when you fold it its going to wrinkle and bulge.

Need help finding a trifold wallet pattern. I've used the search function on here and I'm not having much luck. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks garypl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

would you be willing to share the dimensions you used for the cigar case? Looking to do a project similar.

Those are absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing the patterns!

Perfect!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks

I'm looking for a template for the panel of a football.

I may have to give that a try. It would be amazing to work with a piece of leather that is flat. the football panels get so 'warped' I don't know if that's a good term, but there is a major curve to it. Any time I try something that is using the majority of the panel, it is a pain.

This is the route I'm thinking of going. I've talked with another guy that works with baseball gloves and his stuff always looks really smoothed out. He uses a homemade jig that he is able to squeeze down the leather and clamp it. Leaves it for 24 hours.

Are you able to remove the leather from the stencil board?

I've thought about trying to make a jig of some kind. put the panels between 2 pieces of wood or something and clamp them down? I don't know if I should wet them or use some kind of conditioner? Kinda grasping for info and some help.

Some of you may have seen my other post. I currently repurpose used hs footballs. I mostly dable in small goods, wallets, key chains, etc. I am looking to make a messenger bag. As I deconstruct the football and have all the panels, I am wanting to use as much of the panel as possible. To do so I need the panels flattened out. Any suggestions for doing this? As you can imagine they've developed quite a 'warp' or 'curve' to them. Appreciate all input.

Any suggestions for helping to flatten these panels back out? I mostly make small goods and have just worked with curved nature of the leather. But, for this project it would really help to get these panels flattened out.

These are all great ideas! I like bygyyns idea. I do think that they'll have to be laid flat. Face to face would be too bulky. over laping and laying them flat, would a saddle stitch be my best bet?

I'm so new at all this. So with all the panels being an oblong shape they won't quite butt up together. Should I just overlap them? I would definitely have to do some trimming. Where all the panels fit together on the football are very rough. Do you have any suggestions on stitching style to use? I have only used a saddle stitch. I definitely want to branch out into the baseball goods. After football season this my schedule opens up and I'll be able to devote some more time to the craft. Have lots of ideas and plans for baseballs and gloves.

I work with used footballs. I am a HS football coach and stumbled my way into making leather wallets out of used footballs for gifts for our graduating seniors. Fell in love with the craft have started expanding what I do. I was recently asked by a fellow coach to make a messenger style bag out of a bunch of old footballs. So my first obstacle that I am encountering in the planning phase is how to make larger panels out of a bunch of small football panels. My initial thought is to take each panel of the football and cut it down to a square or rectangle and then attach it to another panel. Then I would end up with a larger panel that I could cut to my measurements. Anybody have any experience doing something like this. Attaching pieces of leather together to get a larger working surface. Any suggestions, tips, help, etc.