Diy: How To Brand A Wallet Out Of An Quondam Cowboy Boot!
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
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We are thrilled today to part amongst you lot some other lovely tutorial from the talented Alicia Jepsen of leather passport holder (which nosotros loved), straightaway this fourth dimension she's making a wallet out of a cowboy boot! Yup, that's right, a cowboy boot! So fun, yes?
What You Need:
- one cowboy boot
- waxed linen thread ( 70” long)
- scratch awl
- stitching awl
- cutting mat
- ruler
- scissors
- rotary cutter
- seam ripper
- 2 arts and crafts needles ( 2 3/8” long)
Time: 2 hours (plus overnight drying time)
1. Cut the altitude purpose of the kicking off.
2. Wash the altitude purpose of the kicking amongst dish soap.
3. Hang to dry out overnight.
4. Use a seam ripper to withdraw the line straps.
5. Cut upwards along the side piping.
6. Remove the pipage strip.
7. The disassembled kicking should await similar this.
8. Use the ruler as well as rotary cutter to cutting a 4” yesteryear 6” rectangle out of the front end slice of the boot. Start amongst a horizontal cutting only higher upwards the vamp.
9. Use the ruler as well as rotary cutter to cutting a 2” yesteryear 4” rectangle out of the dorsum slice of the boot.
10. The 3 pieces should await similar this.
11. Use the scratch awl to score a point every 1/4” all the way or as well as then the larger (4” yesteryear 6”) piece. Your dots should survive 1/8” inwards from the edge.
12. Mark dots, inwards a similar fashion, along 3 sides of the smaller (2” yesteryear 4”) pieces.
13. Pierce the dots amongst a piercing awl. Tip: lay the leather on an one-time telephone majority to allow the piercing awl to larn through the leather easier.
14. The 3 pieces should straightaway await similar this.
15. The near mutual way to run upwards leather is saddle stitching. Watch a curt video tutorial here. To start, thread a needle on both ends of a 70” slice of thread.
16. Line upwards the large leather slice amongst 1 of the steal pieces as well as insert a needle iv holes inwards from pocket’s edge.
17. Pull the thread through the hole as well as then you lot convey equal lengths of thread on each side.
18. Insert the needle inwards the adjacent hole as well as line through the hole.
19. Insert the other needle into the same hole as well as line through the hole.
20. Pull each strand tight to ready stitch. You should straightaway convey equal lengths of thread on either side of the leather.
21. Continue stitching all the way around, making certain to attach the other steal when you lot larn to the other side.
22. Backstitch over your final stitch as well as line each strand of thread betwixt the 2 pieces of leather.
23. Tie the 2 strands amongst 2-3 overhand knots as well as cutting the excess threads.
24. There you lot convey it! Enjoy!
Copyright 2011 Jepsen LeatherGoods LLC Madison, WI
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Jepsen LeatherGoods LLC was born of possessor as well as Pb maker, Alicia Jepsen, inwards 2011. Led yesteryear the unproblematic wishing to create products that you lot solely convey to purchase 1 time inwards your lifetime, they began selling character leather accessories handcrafted inwards Madison, Wisconsin. Each especial is individually cut, dyed, as well as stitched yesteryear hand. They job solely the best total grain vegetable tanned leathers as well as durable waxed linen thread. Full grain leathers convey non been sanded or buffed to withdraw imperfections. This way that each slice is unique as well as carries its ain distinct characteristics.