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Makers Spotlight#2 : Myurâ

Mr. Ho Kuan Teck, the founder of Myurâ is a young talented designer and craftsman based in Singapore rewarded twice for his traditionally made but very modern handbags named the “Hourglass” and the “Lemniscate”…

Making a horse shoe coin case • Leather craft video tutorial

Dear leather crafters, In this video I am showing how to make this very traditional coin purse style that is sometimes called a "horse shoe coin case". I have used 0.45mm waxed polyester thread, pricking iron #8 and 1.1mm veg tanned baby calf. This is a truly great project to practice box stitching. You will be able to purchase the patterns in acrylic and pdf version at the link below: Pdf pattern: https://am-leathercraft.com/collections/coin-cases/products/horse-shoe-coin-case-patterns-video-tutorial Acrylic pattern: https://am-leathercraft.com/collections/newest-products/products/horse-shoe-coin-case-acrylic-patterns-video-tutorial-free-shipping Spend 50$ and get 20% on your patterns order by entering the coupon code: SPEND50GET20% at checkout!

MAKER SPOLIGHT#1: Vladimir Petrov

Brief Introduction of yourself and the company AM: Please tell us a bit about yourself, your previous professional experience, where did you learn the trade how you got into it and where are you located? VP: My name is Vladimir Petrov, I’m from Serbia but for last almost 20 years I’m living in Oslo, Norway. My professional life is pretty colourful, I have a decade long experience with different printing techniques and desktop publishing and more than two decades as a programmer, IT architect and manager. 6 years ago I found the peace in leather working. I may say I...

Box & Butt stitch or the art of changing a pumpkins into magical coach!

Fellow Leather Craftsmen, I would like to introduce today a very satisfying and traditional stitching method: Box stitching and Butt stitching! I guess it is true to say that we see this technique being used less nowadays due to the industrialisation of our craft. Yep, as far as I know, no machine is capable to do this! But remember the camera cases of the elders, those vintage leather hat boxes with handle etc... this technique was used in the past, and sometimes even on widely produced goods! At this day and age we see fake box stitching or fake butt stitching on some of...

Making a watch pouch

Fellow leather craftsmen, In this video I am showing you how to make the simple soft leather watch pouch shown on the picture. For this project I decided to use really soft leather as I want to be able to slip in and out easily watches of different size. My choice was lamb outside for its soft touch and nicely tight grain and pig skin inside for its very light weight and low cost. I have used a 0.4mm waxed polyester thread that pairs nicely with the number 8 pricking iron and stitched 2.5mm from the edge. Notice the little...

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