First Projects

[victorl]

Hi all,

Just a couple of projects that I finished recently. One is leather key wallet from a youtube tutorial and the other is just a simple pool chalk holder.

For the key wallet, I messed up the stitching a bit in places, but got the hang of it part way through. For the tooling, I was planning on getting a Barry King basketweave, but tried Kyoshin Elle's stainess steel series rope basket and it turned out a lot better than I expected.

The chalk holder is just some scrap leather glued together at the edges and not very durable, so I'm thinking to redesign it with some stitching to keep it from falling apart over time. Anyone have any ideas on how to stitch together something small like that without adding bulk or changing its shape?

Any comments/advice, would be greatly appreciated and thanks for looking!

Victor

Edited September 30, 2015 by victorl

[Bruce H]

Nice...I like the stamping and the color...What dye did you use?

Thanks for sharing.

[victorl]

Thank you Bruce.

The vegtan I used was a little on the darker side, I didn't use dye, just neatsfoot oil and some sunshine.

(The color in the pictures looks a little darker than the real thing.)

Edited October 1, 2015 by victorl

[victorl]

I got some good advice regarding strengthening the chalk holder from some members here so this is the latest version I made. I used slightly thicker leather, stitched up the side seam instead of gluing it, and put extra backing on the top and bottom pieces, so it's quite solid now. I've tested a few colors and designs, but I think this walnut brown with white leather basketweave lid looks the best.