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I am doing a few saddles, tack, tack and saddle repair and building purses and some smaller items. I try to keep them all moving forward with all the various steps and what next. I have a pretty roomy shop with a large work/cutting table. A granite top table, a rolling whatever table and an oil/dye table. I have a tool bench. All my tables are always full of something or several somethings until I clean up which is usually not daily. I want to keep all the things together so I don’t double book hardware for instance. The saddles are out in the open and have stands to sit on so they are not really the problem. Do any of you have any tricks you use to keep your projects together and organized?

Help! I have 3 tubs total of scrap leather I have accumulated over time. 1 tub oil tan, 1 tub veg, and 1 tub chrome tanned. I have drawn a blank on what to do with it, I don't like the idea of throwing any away if I don't have too. I just need ideas on simple easy projects that don't require much time that way I can continue with my normal day to day. Key fobs are the only thing I can think of right now, but it gets boring doing just those! The pieces range from the size of a standard rounded key fob, to a large journal. any advice would be appreciated in fact any projects are welcomed easy or hard, because I hope this post might help others who are in the same boat

So our project was to build a virtual home to show off other projects. Just wanted to invite all the makers/doers/craftsman/artists to our new project gallery website. www.projcts.com (that's projects without the e) Where you can showcase progress on your project step by step. We feel that anything can be a project, and there is nothing more frustrating than not having a good medium to share and collaborate, or being bombarded with annoying ads. We set out to make a place for people who make things to show off their works in progress and finished pieces, and easily share, interact, and update their project. Here's a slick leatherworking project on there now: Cool Messenger Bag We’re new, but we’re not going anywhere. Feel free to use projcts.com show off your progress. You can link to and from your projects and this forum or your other sites, and share your entire project or your whole portfolio with a simple link. Anyhow, just wanted to put that out there. We like people who make cool stuff, and this seemed to be quite a collection of them. Feel free to share! Thanks, Projcts

Hi, everyone! I'm very excited to join in on the interesting conversations that goes on in this forum. I signed up for this forum because I was interested in learning more about leather projects. Also, I'm a little curios on what you guys have to show. Well, that's it for my introduction.

Is there any projects out there for sewing machines? I've looked on you tube, the forum and googled about and there is loads of beginner projects for hand sewing. Is there anything similar for machine sewing projects out there? I've got experience with an industrial machine but leather is new to me. I'd like to sew some simple things for gifts - and as my own introduction to working with leather. Thanks. Kevin D.