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DIY iPhone sleeve

How to start working with leather on the cheap!

A leather working guide for beginners: In this tutorial I will show you how to make an iPhone sleeve out of an old leather bag without having to buy many tools. It’s a starting point if you want to work with leather … Continued

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Finished Stitch

How to hand sew thick leather

Things you’ll need: Basic: To start out, you’ll need your leather pieces (whatever project you’re working on or maybe just some scrap to practice on), a , , , 2 Needles,  and any kind of scissors.

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To help push the thread through the needle, I cut it on an angle. The wax keeps the thread together and it makes threading the needle easier.

Hand Sewing Leather: How to thread your needles

Hand sewing leather is usually done using one thread with . I use  or sometimes I add  to un-waxed thread. Waxing the thread prevents it from unravelling while sewing. Now you can start hand sewing leather!

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Leatherwork Tutorial: How to make a leather iPhone Flip Wallet

Leather:

  • Vegetable Tanned Leather

Tools used: Hope this post will help some of you to make one of these wallets. If you tried it, please let me know in the comments! If you want to show off your work, feel free to add a … Continued

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Next you can use a background stamp to add some texture to the letters. Normally this tool is not used this way, but that's what I've got so I work with it.Also, you can see that I added some more beveling to the letters as well as the center of the logo but kept it not as deep as the outside.

Tutorial: Carving the original Apple logo into leather

Leather:

  • Vegetable Tanned Leather

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Cover Dyeing

Tutorial – How I make the DIY Kindle leather case

Leather:

  • Australian Kangaroo Leather
  • Pigskin Split Suede
  • Vegetable Tanned Leather

Recommended tools & supplies: Check out more photos of the finished case here

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