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If you use Cast Iron Skillets or know someone who does and you're locked inside make a few of these to keep from burning your /their hands. Do NOT leave these on if you are going to put your skillet in the Oven. Let me know if you like it, or know of a way to improve it. Pot Holder.pdf

"Russian LeatherCrafting" journal begins to make its english e-version! We begin subscription now! It will be 6 numbered issues and 1 special issue. Every 2 month and special issue in July. First issue will publish about Feb,14. We'll write announces of articles here. Cost of annual subscription - 12 USD or 11 Euro. If you interest to subscription e-mail me to scala@list.ru. I'll give a little form and payment properties. All annual issues will send to your e-mail after publishing. You can subscribe during whole year. This is our #1 cover of this year. We work 1 year. But our last issue are Russian only. In 2015 was published 4 numbered and 1 special (Weapon and Leather) issues. In the journal you'll find a wide range of article - about art history, interest leather events in a world, any How-to, patterns, the painting lessons, stories about any leather crafters. We publish photos of your products if you want to show them to other masters. In Russian-speaking world we have about 500 subscribers. If you interest russian 2015 journals too you can write me to scala@list.ru. Our #0 pilot issue is free. I'll glad to send it to your for sample. Journal published in 2 version. "Light" - has monitor resolution (72 dpi) for pictures and photo and size about 10 Mb. "Heavy" - has print resolution (300 dpi) for pics and photos, size about 50 Mb and it can't be printed. All pattern are vector and have same quality in both versions. My own English is not good, but translation will be make by professional translator We hope you'll get much interest things from our magazine! Chief Editor Eugene Solomin (Scala)

My Friend asked me for a bottle carrier pattern. I didn't have one but I did have a cardboard pattern that I had previously made. So I thought I would try and put it in inkscape; a program that I recently discovered, that is free on the internet. What you see is the result of my efforts. I have made a Bottle Carrier and on the 2nd page is a Can carrier - both are marked near the cutout. The can carrier 1A is shorter and 2A's location was moved lower to accommodate the shorter height of a can. each piece has color coded dots for ease of piece placement. I named the colors in case some one is color blind, so they can also understand the color placement. Note: The colored dots should be punched as well as the uncolored dots. The reason for the snap at the bottom is in case someone wants to fold the carrier at the cutouts and have the carrier ride higher at the waist. Bottle - Can Carrier.pdf

I am retired and thought I would try my had at leather wok. I really like it so far, but I have a lot to learn. I have also been playing around with inkscape, a vector graphics program. I recently stated wearing overall's because they are very comfortable, but I didn't have any place to carry my keys so I came up with a solution that works for me and I thought I would share. Let me know what you think of my Idea as well as my graphics work. Thanks Stan Campbell Lockbourne, OH Overall Key Ring.pdf

This popular folding coin purse design makes for a great leather project. Small enough to conveniently store in your pocket or purse but able to store a large amount of coins in. It also opens up nice and wide so you can get what you need quickly and easily. To add value and beauty to the purse I have used several types of exotic leather for aesthetics through the circular cutout of the purse frame. I have used both alligator skin and gazelle hide as examples for this tutorial. A PDF pattern with a detailed list of leather types, tools, and products used in this project can be downloaded from Fischer Workshops. Just click on the following link to be directed to the download page...Exotic Leather PDF Pattern DownloadI have also published a video tutorial to demonstrate the step by step process I go through in making the purse. The video is only 10 minutes long, but it took me about 2 hours to complete this project. I chose to stain the leather by hand which is the longest process in making the purse. I suppose if you bought pre-stained leather you could finish this project in about an hour. To see the video just click on the link below... Thanks and Enjoy!