Posts filed under “Leathercraft”
Bulletproof Tote
I’ve made the new bag. I’m calling it the Bulletproof Tote. It was hard work to make, a lot more difficult than the satchel. The body is a single piece of leather again, but there was a blemish/hole in the base, so I covered it with a rectangle of leather to match the base, which [...]
Postal Bag – Satchel
Bag Completed! It’s not really a postal bag. It’s a raw leather satchel. I didn’t expect it to be this nice. I’ve surprised myself. I hand-sewed the leather strap to the sides with three parallel lines double-stitched. Notice the roughness of the leather edges. Good belts have the leather trimmed/rounded rather than a straight cut. [...]
Bag Progress
I drew up plans for my version of the postal bag. I’m aiming for a large satchel that will hold a 15″ macbook. I re-drew the designs a few times, and have now adjusted it so that the main body of the bag will be made from a single piece of leather. From what I [...]
Leather Materials
Went to Leffler leather to get some things to make a postal bag. I got a side of beef, a mallet, an awl (has an elliptical cross-section – not sure if this is better, but I thought it might be easier to pierce the leather with), some hole punches, and a buckle for the front [...]
Leather Kit: Card Pocket
Did my first piece of leathercraft. Pretty simple pocket wallet. Two seams to hand sew… pre-hole-punched. Here’s the kit before I started. One piece of pre-cut and punched raw leather. Waxed linen thread. Needles. I couldn’t find info on how to tie off the threads, so I just back-sewed three steps, and then cut. It [...]
Tokyu Hands DIY Leather Making Kits
Tokyu Hands in Osaka has a huge leather making department on the 7th floor. You can buy everything to start your own redmoon leather workshop. They have buttons, studs, coin studs, clips, hooks, free leather sheets, stingray leather, pre-cut kits, belt leather, buckles, hole punches, needles, thread, knives, and lots of leaflets on how to [...]