Geni Swing Guitars

Leather Ends

Designing and creating a leather wallet is great fun. You need specific equipment, materials and your creativity. Once you have the above you will be able to produce many wallets which are the same or have their own individual uniqueness. And remember you can keep adding to the equipment to give variable flavour to your collection.

anything labelled * is optional

The following is a list of equipment and materials you will need.

Equipment: metal ruler, woodblock, craft knife, dome or velcro stamps for the leather (your choice from range in shops), scissors sponge*, or paint brush*, leather hole punch or sewing machine suitable for leather

Materials: hard natural leather (to stamp designs), soft leather for inside thonging (thin strips of leather)*, dyes*, leather polish*

Follow these Instructions 1. Planning: There are 2 sections to plan. You will need to draw several designs for each section and then choose the best one to carry on with.

a. Outside shape and size eg a rectangle 20cm by 9 cm Inside shapes, sizes for money ( notes, change), credit cards compartments etc

b. Design feature to put on the outside of the hard leather. The design is limited to the tools (eg stamps) and colour dyes you have. Try them out on a sample piece of leather first.

2. Creating Pattern Pieces: using the chosen design from 1a Measure accurately the required dimensions of each piece, using a pencil, ruler and paper, label pieces and cut out.

3. Cutting Out Leather: For each piece place leather on woodblock and pattern piece on the leather. Draw around piece with a pencil and cut out using a metal ruler and craft knife.

4. Punching Holes: * To join pieces together you can use a suitable sewing machine or with use of thonging threaded through holes. If you choose thonging the holes need to be punched out now. Measure and mark hole position with a dot eg at 0.5cm intervals. Create holes using hole punch. Please note that all outside edges of outside and inside pieces will need the holes plus possibly the purse piece and credit card type pieces.

5. Design feature: on outside hard leather piece. Draw picture eg flower, house, name or mark places lightly where the stamps are going to go. Create the design using leather on woodblock, hammer and stamps. Practise your effects on a sample piece of leather first. *Dye leather using sponge or paint brush and instructions on dye container. One or several colours can be used. *Polish leather when dye is dried. Please note that thonging can be dyed if you purchase a light colour and want a different colour.

6. Domes or velcro: Apply these now to places like fastening the purse for coins shut and wallet shut. domes: follow instructions given - you may need special tools velcro: you will need a sewing machine which sews leather

7. Construction:The pieces now need to be put together. Use ~ sewing machine or ~ thonging:- to join inside sections use a straight "stitch" by going through one side and back through the next hole from the other side. - for the edge of wallet thread thonging through all holes using a spiral effect ie keep threading through the holes from one side only and curve thonging over the edge. So you do not see ends please thread thonging from inside first and finish on the inside. Tidy ends by threading under a few stitches.

You now have a finished product to keep, give away or sell. And you have the tools to create more. This is a great way to create gifts for yourself, family and friends.You never know, you could have an enjoyable 'at home business ' earning a little bit of extra income in your spare time. So have fun designing and creating your unique wallets.

I enjoy being creative with any crafts including leather workand I relief teach soft materials technology and foods.

I also teach flute, recorder, piano and keyboard to all ages from 5 to adult. I regularly play flute in two musical groups and more as the opportunity arises.

I am an Avon Representative and have a website which gives you work at home business ideas. The link to that is: http://www.products4purchase.com

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