Coffee Sleeve - A good beginners project

[Wedgetail]

An easy project for newbies to practice, and functional too!

All you need is a take away coffee cup that you can use to cut down into a template. Then some leather, eyelets, and some sort of lace to make a sliding knot or some bungee cord.

You can do all sorts of tooling or whatever, but I like to keep mine simple with just my makers mark. 

[Sporty1]

Nice job! I like the simplicity of it.

[Windrider30]

Great use of scrap as well!!

[Halitech]

good idea on the bungee cord, never would have thought of that. I either stitch or lace the ones I do but might try the bungee cords

[Wedgetail]

16 hours ago, Halitech said:

good idea on the bungee cord, never would have thought of that. I either stitch or lace the ones I do but might try the bungee cords

Even better if you can get a toggle and end stopper, rather than tying a knot like i did...

Some boot lace hooks and a hair tie work really nicely too

On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Windrider30 said:

Great use of scrap as well!!

So true! I make heaps of these from the offcuts when i put a straight edge on a hide or double shoulder.

[Sceaden]

Nice work! And thank you for burnishing the edges, even though its a simple project let's dress it up and make it look nice!  It bugs me when I see expensive leather items going out with raw edges. 

[Wedgetail]

10 hours ago, Sceaden said:

Nice work! And thank you for burnishing the edges, even though its a simple project let's dress it up and make it look nice!  It bugs me when I see expensive leather items going out with raw edges. 

So true! It bugs me too