Clever but easy

[AndrewWR]

This is based on the Twist pencil case by Japanese company Foca. It's an entirely flat, single piece of leather that nevertheless forms a solid enclosed space. the leather this one is made of is 2.8mm thick (from a split butt) and lined with pig skin but you could go a little thicker and stamp or carve it to your heart's content.

Opened, it tends to stay curled and acts as a pen tray on whatever coffee shop table I'm hot-desking at. Closed, it has such a tactile form that people don't want to put it down.

The two versions of the template are for small and large cases.

Small (pictured) is 210mm x 120mm & uses a 12" YKK bag zipper (or equivalent). The stitches are 4mm pitch and 4mm from the edge.

Large is 280mm x 160mm and uses & uses a 16" zipper.

 

It's a simple thing to make and gets a great reaction from people.

[battlemunky]

Super clever. I may try it and then comment on how easy it is ;-) Clean work too.

[JDenson]

This is really neat.  Thanks for sharing.

[Grumpymann]

Is it just me or is the pattern a bit... confusing?

[leathersmyth]

i think, if you remove all the circles in your head you will see that the outline left is the leather. The zipper will start and finish where the little clear circles are sitting.

If that helps make a clearer veiw for you. The circles are there to get the placement of corners and zipper placement...... 

[AndrewWR]

OK. To avoid further confusion...

The grey area is the template.

The rest is just the construction lines for the shape.

I left them in for the benefit of anyone who wanted to scale up the template beyond home printer size.

If anyone's still confused, I'll write step by step instructions.

 

 

[mickthedig]

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to making one

 

[thefanninator]

Very cool. Thanks!

[Sofaspud]

That's very cool. I may have to make some of these for my grandkids.

[Bob Blea]

That is very elegant!  I'm going to try making one too.  Thanks for posting!