Magic Braided Leather Tutorial

Seriously this tutorial is magic. I’ve been wanting to share it with you for about a year now, but it’s taken me so long to sit down & figure out the best way to explain myself. See, I discovered how to do this while mindlessly watching an episode of House. My mother-in-law has a rad purse from the ’70s or so; it’s leather with a very cool handle. Parts of the handle are braided & parts are smooth. I’ll be sharing this today on KSL’s Studio 5! (of course the pattern pieces above aren’t the same, I was just too lazy to take a supplies pic that was practically the same as this one. hope you’ll forgive me.) hammerscissorshole punchtapebutton-stud/snap & setter1-2 oz leather/felt Print and cut out pattern pieces. Tape your leather to a sturdy surface, like a desk or slab of wood. Ignoring the bottom part as you go, count up to 6. Look at the bottom part, the strand that’s on top should go through the hole. Once you’ve followed through that end, your ends should look like this. Related: Leather craft

PARK & CUBE Basics in Leatherworking Leather is an amazingly strong and durable material. If properly taken care of, leather can last significantly longer than vinyl and when the item is discarded it will biodegrade in a relatively short amount of time. Leatherworking uses slightly different tools and techniques than your average sewing project but is not significantly more difficult. This is the first post of a series on making a leather shoulder bag. The pattern used for this series and to make the bag shown below can be downloaded here:Leather Bag Pattern DownloadGuide for Arranging Printed Pages Basic Tools: • Leather Needles – have a triangle point end which is ideal for working with animal skin. What Kind of Leather to Use: Select leather based on what your end project is going to be. Preparing for and Cutting Out Your Pieces: Inspect the front of the leather before cutting your pieces. Use a straight edge blade to cut along the lines your marked on the leather. I made a lining for this bag from leather as well.

LOVE AESTHETICS Leathercraft | Leathercraft Tutorials and Videos Style hurricane La Bricoleuse - Tutorial: Leather straps and edge-binding Since we're rolling up into Opening Week (which means we only have work if there's any last-minute crises on the "holy crap fix this by tonight" scale), we're doing a week of tutorial presentations, where anyone with a particular field of specialty does a little how-to demo, limited to about 20 minutes. I can't cover a wide range of leatherworking info in 20 minutes, so i'm going to focus on two topics that are most likely to come up in craft builds--making straps and edging things with a leather binding. Because i've not taught this particular topic before, i thought i'd write up my info in a Tutorial post here as a way of practicing it and getting my thoughts in order. Recommended Tools Fig. 1 These are the tools I recommend that you have on-hand for working with leather. On the left is a metallic gel pen. In the center is a strap cutter. You will also need a rotary cutter (on the right) and cutting mat (the big green surface), and a steel ruler. Making Straps Fig. 2 Edge Binding Q. Fig. 3

Strokes of Serendipity ♥ Leathercraft - How To Make a Custom Wet-Molded Leather Knife Sheath Tutorial Making the Knife Sheath Pattern 1) Start by tracing around the knife to make a paper pattern, allowing 1/2-3/4 inch or so extra for stitching. You can just trace the knife on the leather, but if you make a mistake, it is going to be expensive. For the sheath in the picture, make two separate patterns for the top and bottom of the knife, since this sheath is made in two pieces which are sewn together all the way around. You also need a smaller piece for the welt – this is a thin curved section that is sewn along the edge of the sheath that comes in contact with the knife blade so that the blade doesn’t cut through the stitching. You really don’t want your sheath to come apart! 2) Cut the pattern out of the leather carefully and check to make sure that the size appears to be correct by making sure that the leather pieces more than cover the knife. Wet-Molding the Leather Sheath 4) Glue the welt along the edge of the piece where the knife blade will contact the sheath.