Had a little outing with my big sister, we went on a Leatherwork 1 day course at ArtisOn on Friday. It was a full day course, in the morning we learned how to dye the leather, then using neatsfoot oil followed by a wax mixture conditioned the leather ready to work.
We made a little coin purse with it, the hand stitching was a bit harder than I thought!
Then after a yummy two course lunch, our next project was a belt. The belt blanks were already dyed for us, we had to put an edge on the leather with a special tool, then burnish the edge to make it smooth. We fitted the buckle then after gluing, hand stitched it.
So a new hobby to fit in around my sewing and machine repairs.
Sharon
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