This one isn't even slightly complicated but I was able to knock the entire thing out in about 2.5 hours from the start of taking measurements to it being finished.
I needed something to hold or at least cover the ends of my thread snippers so I just quickly took some measurements, made a very simple pattern in LibreCAD, printed it, glued it to cardboard and cut out and constructed the thing. From the first leather cut to it being completed it took about 90 minutes. Its nice being significant more confident in each step and having saddle stitching down now meaning this kind of project was completed with basically no drama or significant effort.
Well, I say no drama. My cheap Aliexpress diamond stitching chisels have some bent prongs, which is no loss, I knew they would only be of limited use and just wanted to see if I should invest in some decent ones. I didn't notice until i spotted the wonky stitching holes on the reverse side. The other stuff I bought there like the burnishing tool bit for a dremel has been far more useful.
I'm going back to the place I got it from soon so I plan to bring some of the things I've made or scrap examples to find out what leather it actually is. There are a few that are really nice.
Ah that’s cool. I bet they love seeing what you made from scraps.
By chance I went down to visit them today, I had a day off I had forgotten about that I had to use before the end of March. I brought my stuff with me to ask and they were really pleased to see what I had been doing and even took some pictures for their website!
I was right in what the leather was, it is indeed Badalassi Pueblo, its really nice, I got to see some much bigger cuts of it and I'm keen to make some more from that at some point.
Oh that’s great. In my experience all leather vendors are more than excited to see what we make from their products! Badalassi is badass.