HaloJones

Cricut maker with the knife blade will cut that thickness,

Greetings, that’s so spooky: I purchased your hybrid bag pattern 2 weeks ago, currently creating it in a veg tan & suede combination (black & grey) Pattern has been good to follow so far

Well I would say that you have nailed the wood effect! and the owl is recognisable so good effort

Ohh that will be a challenge, good luck

Nice clean colours there

If the kit price is high, just buy the soles from any supplier, patterns are available FOC & use what you have to hand I think the soles were about £10 for me from Etsy the kit makes it easy for those not used to thinking about shoe builds, but a few YouTube videos will show you the how

Soles of many colours are available on Amazon/ Etsy

I did, I put an orthopaedic sole and heel padding in for comfort

It’s a good kit, I used it to make some sandals Tandy are just reselling, also available from: https://www.sneakerkit.eu/

For a good metallic finish watch this video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7il-XnJx2nE

I like it, I agree you don’t need antique

So I got the pattern and had a go, I need to practice my dying techniques, but a fun project & pleased with the results

I have cut leather up to 2mm thick on my Cricut maker, but as I tend to do one off projects the time for getting the design right feels too much. the one time I used the maker to cut was when making a spiral bound notebook that had 2 layers of leather on the front & back binding page and I wanted the binding holes to be lined up correctly: worked a dream for that.

Now that is smooth & really suits the car, where did you get the custom stamps from?

Nice, difficult to see, is that tooled & painted or just painted on leather? what paint did you use?

So being generally nosey & that there are some interesting people on here I know that many on here have managed to make leather their day job, and for others it’s a hobby. so my question is, if it’s your day job what hobby do you do to chill? And if it’s your hobby what day job do you do? As for me it’s a hobby, my day job is Quantity Surveyor (contract & commercial management of construction projects) I must say that understanding construction drawings and how things go together do help with making patterns and putting things together! You?

I don’t have a formula but you could use. Packing boxes / corrugated card for a comparable thickness?

So far in AF I have only worked out how to subtract a single item form another, groups (as in a line of circles) can be done I believe just not sure how, but in AF the function is called subtract, this may help in your search

I use AF but not to do stitch lines, just the outline shape, I then use wing divider to put in my stitch lines once the leather is cut

Vet nicely done, the sunflower snap is a good touch

If that’s your journey so far, imagine what the end will be! amazing work

It’s personal choice, but I would not line the flap.

I like it, it’s whimsical

Very neat painting in the letters

Oh yes to this! and I am just a hobbyist!