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Just completed yesterday. Pattern from Dieselpunk.ro, with modifications. Made this to learn how to make rounded handles, split gusset with double compartments and to learn more about zippers. Learnt that when I glue on zippers they turn out straight; use double sided tape and they unstick and pucker, at least for me.

@DieselTech, @MarshalWill, Thank you. I got the basic rose pattern from Etsy - Goatro - and then added the sepals, rosehip and the veins on the leaf. It is surprisingly easy to make @DieselTech.

Made this for my husband for Valentine's Day. I did not paint it because I do not like painted leather. I lightly sprayed just the petals with a rose perfume so that when he holds it, he will get the rose fragrance.

It looks fine. It is well designed and covers the trowel well. If your daughter is working in an area with red soil though, it might get a bit hidden.

Why discard? Mine is all sorts of brown and red and dyes my leather perfectly black. Vinegaroon is not a dye, like other dyes. It creates the color by a chemical reaction - the acetic acid reacts with the iron to form iron acetate. Presence of iron oxides does not do anything as long as you rinse your leather thoroughly in running water to remove all the rust that may be present. It works for me. I have not dyed anything recently, else would have put up a sample here.

@Hags, @Cattleman You get slim wooden burnishers these days which work for belt slots. I got this off Amazon a few months ago.

Thank you for that suggestion. @jrdunn I'll try that once I run out of the cardboard stiffener I got from Tandy. It's a huge roll.

@Sheilajeanne I have a pattern from Tandy - a bag displayed in a far-off corner since the 1970s, and gathering a huge layer of dust - they kindly (and looking perplexed - they don't understand why I like it, I don't understand why they don't!) took it down and let me measure it - I plan to modify the design and make it; it has some nice design features. We don't eat cereal at home, so I bought that huge roll of cardboard stiffener from from Tandy - very inexpensive - and am using that. Difficult to cut but it will probably last well. Plan to design it with Inkscape as well. It is free and my anti-virus is fine with it.. I like your idea of putting one's own decorations - not sure I am very skilled there but I can always try, I guess.

@billybopp yes many of the Tandy patterns are nice. Never bought a kit yet because I'm too busy drooling over leather sides and can never resist buying them and then have to use them! At lease willy-nilly I learnt to cut and design. The large stitching holes - I suspect because the kits are usually bought by new hobbyists or people who do leatherwork only occasionally, it makes stitching easier and doesn't scare them away. Many sellers do that, even on Etsy. A pet peeve of mine as well!

@Sheilajeanne Looks like Tandy hopes people who prefer either will buy their kits.! @Dwight I know why you laughed! There is nothing about it online! Hmmm. I wonder if anyone on this site can enlighten us...

@Dwight When I came across my first one, my knife ran over the ruler and ... blood sacrifice. How can we recognize these? Only when cutting? and what are they, these hard areas?

Thank you @Sheilajeanne I will watch out. I was just wondering whether to buy one of their kits.

The yellow is a color of thread I received in a set. I use the garish colors that I know I will never use, for tacking and cut off pieces as I go.

Oh yes! Forgot that one.

We all have our pet peeves. I wonder if there are some that are more 'popular' as pet peeves than others. These are mine - first and foremost - finishing the edges! I don't mind veg tanned leather - that is actually simple compared to finishing the edges of chrome tanned leather. That, no matter how smooth, looks tacky. So it ends up being a beautiful product with tacky edges, at least to my eyes. And I do match colors etc. as much as I can too. Another one? Bought patterns in which the stitching holes are always too big for the recommended thread - so I match the color well and it looks like an item with lines of holes everywhere!!! Used to be cutting leather but now, with my trusty box cutter, I am delighted. My beautiful, expensive, round knives have pride of place on the wall, looking pretty... Love to hear what all of you have as pet peeves.

@dikman, good one. Informative.

@tsunkasapa, okay. This is anyway a small piece. it looks like something cut out of a larger piece.

Yes, I use it all the time too and it works fine for me as well. The only complaint I have about it is that it does not usually stain well with Vinegaroon - turns a dull grey. @ToddW, if you plan to dye your leather with that, maybe you could test a piece first.

@tsunkasapa, Yes, I was wondering if it might be something like that though I was wondering more about whether it might be wolf or something like that. Rabbit fur feels different - so soft and fluffy. @fredk this looks soft and fluffy with long fur but the white one that I have shown in the photographs is not as soft and the fur is like long straight hair.

Another pic.

@tsunkasapa, Do these help to identify it?

@ToddW, Most items come from China anyway. When we use Aliexpress or Temu, we just cut out the middlemen and get the same items cheaper.

I think you get a cheaper version on Temu as well. Around the same price as aliexpress.

Will do. I got them for $2. My dog loves them... will probably chew them before I can do anything with them. She keeps eyeing them. Thank you @fredk and @bladegrinder.

@bladegrinder Both of them? The white has such long hair!