Cute DIY Leather Pouch

About Cute DIY Leather Pouch Android App

here we will be showing you how to create your own leather pouches! This is also a great introductory in basic leather working.

Over the several steps listed here we will demonstrate a handful of good techniques while working with leather for either new or experienced cosplayers and costume enthusiasts. here will be demonstrating cutting, shaping, gluing, applying dye and conditioner and a few other tricks.

Here's what you'll need:
4-5 oz leather single shoulder
Leather contact cement
Waterstain leather dye
Leather finish
High density sponge
Leather Groover
Sharp scissors or angled box cutter
Pencil and Pen
Your choice of button: Magnetic bag snaps, Sam Brown button etc
Palm sander
Optional:
Dremmel
Black acrylic paint
Small paintbrush
Rivet gun
Rivets
Metal spring clip

so lets get started!

Step 1: Finding Materials and Tools
Step 2: Creating Templates, Transferring and Cutting Them Out
You can either create your own templates or find some online and print them off. If you create your own templates youll need three measurements to make a pouch. You'll need the width, height and depth.

Step 3: Creating the Block Forms
The block forms are the best way to get the shape you want out of your leather. The finished block forms reflect the size and shape of your final pouches and will be used as a form to shape the leather.

Step 4: Grooving
To groove your leather you'll need a leather groover or stitching groover. This tool is typically used to create detail lines and lines for stitching the leather. For our purposes well be using it to create fold lines for shaping.

Step 5: Shaping/Forming
Fill up a sink in your bath room about 1/3 full, then pour a half cup (give or take) of isopropyl alcohol 70%. I got mine at Walmart on the cheap. Turn your bathroom fan on because the fumes can be a bit harsh from the rubbing alcohol.

Step 6: Roughing
Roughing is the technique of creating an area for the glue to bond too. Leather contact cement works best when both surfaces are roughed.

Step 7: Bonding/Glueing
To create a solid bond between two pieces of leather youll need leather contact cement

Step 8: Attaching Your Snaps
To attach a magnetic bag snap like shown above simple take some scrap leather and using a xacto blade cut holes in the leather for the prongs to go through. If your using a screw back button or Sam Brown button simply use your leather punch tool and make two one smaller then the ball on the button and one big enough for the screw of rivet to go through.

Step 9: Dying and FinishingYou can either dye or paint leather but dying is the proffered method and is just as easy as painting.

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