Leather Crafting in an Afternoon

Craft luxurious and durable leather jewelry, journals, purses, and other accessories in just a single afternoon. With simple language and numerous illustrations, this captivating introduction to the art of leathermaking covers all the tools and techniques for cutting, hole-punching, setting, sewing, woodburning, stamping, coloring, gluing, and finishing. You’ll be surprised how soon you can try your hand at the 50 lovely projects. The Rawhide Laced Lampshade has leather feathers as ornamentation; if you’d like, add designs to the shade with acrylics, dyes, colored pencils, chalk, or charcoal. An attractive Leather and Hobnail Frame features rows of decorative brass upholstery tacks. Or make a tooled Rose Trivet, eye-catching Flower Barrette, Prehistoric Horse Pin, Wine Bottle Gift Bag, Footstool with Style, and more.