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Each project has all the videos you need to completely create the item listed.
With a range of levels, some are more complex than others. Just choose which option suits your skillset.
If you struggle with any of the skills required, then a subscription option is the way to go.
There are no downloadable PDF templates to accompany these videos. In these videos, you are taught to make all the templates properly which allows you to adjust each item to any size or purpose you want.
Once template making is understood, you will have the ability to changed it, to suit any design, shape or size you want.
These are not just a series of ‘how-to’ videos where you are spoon fed each process! Each is a lesson in which you learn all the processes that will make you a more independent leatherworker.
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The Card Holder
This is the item everyone wants to start with because it’s small and so desirable.
This is a deceptive build, looks can be deceptive though. Here are three hours of video that show you why.
That is not to say it is particularly difficult, but many important processes can often get left out.
In this series, we go step by step through all of the skills and techniques required to make a card holder of the highest quality.
We cover: Design, Measurements, Template Making, Stitch Marking, Leather Choice, Cutting, Skiving, Creasing, Stitching and Dressing.
At the end of this series, you will have a clear understanding on how to make a card holder to the correct size so it not only looks good, it is fit for purpose.
£12.99
For this one off payment, you gain access to this project for 1 full month.
The Bi-Fold Wallet
Wallets are timeless pieces, but there are many things to consider when making a wallet, bulk, escaping cards, ease of use and weak points are just a few.
In this series, the complex has been stripped away and simplicity has been employed.
There is no bill-fold, this is a card wallet, it is very much a step on from the card holder employing the same skillset: Design, Measurements, Template Making, Stitch Marking, Leather Choice, Cutting, Skiving, Creasing, Stitching and Dressing.
You will gain an understanding of the foundational wallet, how to correctly measure the pockets, body and bend to ensure it is fit for purpose.
With this foundational knowledge, you will have the ability to make a beautiful item that is an ideal foundational piece that can be built upon. Adjustment in size, addition of extra pockets or perhaps a bill-fold.
£12.99
For this one off payment, you gain access to this project for 1 full month.
Notebook Cover
This is an invaluable item if you are a scribbler or journal keeper.
This notebook cover has two slip and four card pockets and here, is designed to fit a Field Notes Notebook.
Throughout the 9 videos in this series, we follow a step by step approach from concept to product.
You will learn how to Measure the notebook, as always, covering how to adapt the dimensions to suit different sizes of notebook, Template Making, Leather Choice, Cutting of the Leather, Stitch Marking, Stitching and Dressing.
At the end of this series, you should have a very clear understanding on how to make a notebook cover in any size with the ability to make it your own!
£14.99
For this one off payment, you gain access to this project for 1 full month.
Simple Belt
Simple is easy! NO! Simple is classic! Simple is sleek! Simple is the clever way to start!
This collection of 6 videos 2 hours in duration, teach you how to make a template that can be used, not only for this classic belt but for many others too.
Making a quality leather belt with the right techniques, means you are making a belt that will last a lifetime.
The belt in this Bitesize section is a single, unlined strip of bridle leather, with a loose stitched leather keep.
One of the hardest aspects of belt making is sizing!
In the template making section, this is covered in detail along with how to create measuring points on the template allowing us to correctly measure our leather to ensure a tailored fit every time.
This series gives you the foundational techniques needed to take your belt making from zero to hero!
£14.99
For this one off payment, you gain access to this project for 1 full month.
The Dopp Bag
An extremely versatile little pouch covered on several levels!
A favourite style that can be used for various items, most commonly as a travel bag for shaving kits or toiletries.
This series has a total of 6 videos, the first 4 containing all the instruction you need to create a Dopp style bag in the size that you require.
2 additional videos then go into the techniques of lining a Dopp Bag.
Lining not only shows off your abilities in leatherwork but also, depending on the fabric you choose, can show your personality.
This one is beige….
£14.99
For this one off payment, you gain access to this project for 1 full month.
Troll Wallet
Called so, because it is so massive that only a Mountain Troll can carry it… or a Polar Bear?
This is a lovely progression on from the Card Wallet, here, we look at adding more pockets, how to size that addition and also a Bill-Fold.
In resizing, we also look at taking the cards from portrait to landscape to accommodate more cards without vastly increasing the thickness.
The one in the video is made from Russian Hatch leather and has been used daily since completion. Step by step, a lot of focus in this build is the learning to follow a good order of process.
From template making, to cutting the leather and finishing processes this project will teach you how to think Big!
£14.99
For this one off payment, you gain access to this project for 1 full month.
Classic Knife Sheath
Bushcraft begins here! This is a classic design. A friction and gravity held knife sheath.
Over two hours of instruction given across five videos, showing how the initial design is developed from the tasks we ask of the sheath, rather than a primary concept of style.
The size and shape of the knife is not important, in this series, a larger knife has been used to offer more clarity.
We look at what a sheath needs, how it can fail, what jobs we expect it to do, how to measure a knife, choice and size of the welt, how to stitch multiple layers along with our core skills, Template Making, Cutting, Stitching, Creasing and Dressing.
You don’t need to make it out of crocodile skin to know that, “that’s a knife… Sheath!”
£14.99
For this one off payment, you gain access to this project for 1 full month.
Day Bag
A three pocket Day Bag that has a classic feel and a delightful gusset system. With a Cotton Webbing strap and Billet Hook attachments.
It is a challenging build but with a rewarding end result. Almost five hours of detailed instruction that will introduce you to bag making at designer level.
In this build, we employ a three part gusset system which changes the look of the pockets from sunken to swelled. This gives more volume to the bag without a notable increase in size.
This is a fantastic example to examine why order of process is so important.
Disclaimer, called a day bag because it can be used every day, not because you can make it in a day!
£19.99
For this one off payment, you gain access to this project for 2 full months.
The Horseshoe Bag
This stylised bag is loosely based on an historic design used to cary spare horseshoes in the times when riders would travel great distances and have to be self-sufficient.
This is a challenging and detailed project which is reflected in nearly six hours of expert information found in this collection of videos. It includes instruction from template creation to finishing touches. It also has detailed steps on how to add a lining and how that lining can be hidden by a leather trim.
The result is a stunning contemporary bag that is both beautiful and practical.
Turn heads by bringing history together with modern methods and fashion, to create this fabulous piece of craftsmanship.
£19.99
For this one off payment, you gain access to this project for 2 full months.
The Tote Bag
This Tote once made, will probably be too valuable to be just a shopping bag!
The one I made in the videos has been in use almost daily for over a year and has been a practical, as well as attractive transportation, for the myriad objects required to accompany its owner from place to place.
Taught in over three hours of videos, the templates of the project and the use of simple seams and rectangular pieces, are an achievable build for an established adept.
This bag employs a two part gusset system meaning a thicker leather can be used which lends structure to the item and extreme durability.
It also means, the bag does not need to be turned.
The bag that really is a bag for Life!
£19.99
For this one off payment, you gain access to this project for 2 full months.
The Tool Roll
A beautiful and practical way to carry and present your tools.
This is a monster of a project, but what an awesome way to organise your tools at home or away.
9 hours of instruction lead you through the intricacies of this behemoth. From the many templates required and the challenges of stitching in ways you may not have considered before, including machine stitching the canvas liner, this build is an intricate puzzle of pieces.
This project will challenge you to organise your skills as well as it will organise your tools!
£24.99
For this one off payment, you gain access to this project for 2 full months.
The Development of a Bag
The Development of a Bag is a study in Bag Making.
The series is covered using five projects over eight videos giving you more than 11 hours of instruction.
In this series, we look at design and template making at each level.
The series starts with a simple slip sheath as project 1. Project 2, looks at how we add a flap to that and calculate the bend for it.
Project 3 examines how to add a gusset to the design and it is at this stage we begin to see a bag emerge.
Project 4 tackles a more complex shape to our design allowing us to create more individual pieces.
The series comes to conclusion with the Saddle Bag.
£24.99
For this one off payment, you gain access to this project for 2 full months.
Bitten off more than you can Chew?
Each project contains all the information you need to complete the build, however, if you struggle with any of the techniques or skills, they are covered in far more detail on the channel.