This document provides instructions for various types of leather craft projects. It discusses options for items like saddles, gun belts, holsters, and purses. It then covers considerations for selecting a leather pattern like size, shape, design orientation, and layout. The document outlines the leather crafting process including tooling the leather, cutting it out, tooling borders, working the design, and finishing and assembly. It concludes with contacting the author for any additional questions.

1. By Gina Osterloth

2. Deciding what to make… be
bold!
•Saddles
•Gun Belts
•Holsters
•Belts
•Purse/Billfold
•Journal Covers
Whatever You can

3. Ostri
ch
Harness Weight 7-8-
9 ounce
or Exotics
like…
Toolin
g sides
Tooling weight 4-5-
6-7 ounce Snakesk
in
Hair One Cows Garment
Hide… Weight
Croco

4. What to think about
when Selecting Your
Pattern
Size
Shape
Actual Area
Design of the
Orientation Project
surface
Over
Layout of the
all design on the
Area project
of
Dimensions of the

5. Carving the Leather &
Cut it out
Tooling
Tool Borders
Work Design
Tool the Back

6. Finishing &
Assembly
Dye & Finish
…. the Assembl
n y

7. Questions?

8. Works Cited
Tandy Leather Boise , Joanne Stucker . Personal interview. 15 Feb. 2011. This
interview was conducted during a leather crafting class.
Tandy Leather Boise , Joanne Stucker . Personal interview. 10 Mar. 2011.
Interviw was conducted during a leather working class.
Tandy Leather Boise , Joanne Stucker . Personal interview. 15 Mar. 2011.
Interviw was conducted during a leather working class hosted by Tandy Leather.
Marlin's Mountain Leather, Marlin Reed . Personal interview. 10 Apr. 2011. This
was a series of working interviews as several gun rigs - holster and gun belts -
were being created.
Faith Based Productions , Gina Osterloth. Personal interview. 20 Jan. 2012. This
was a working interview on the basics of leather working with completion of small
leather project.
Stohlman, Al . Basic leathercraft. Fort Worth, TX: Tandy Leather Co., 1982.
Print.
Stohlman, Al.. How to carve leather. Fort Worth, Tex.: Craftool Co., 1952. Print.
Stohlman, Al.. How to buckstitch. Fort Worth, TX: Tandy Leather Co., 1978.
Print.
Stohlman, Al.. The art of hand sewing leather. Fort Worth, Tex.: Tandy Leather
Factory, 2009. Print.
Stolhman, Al.. Leatherwork manual. S.l: Texas Tandy Leather, 1984. Print.
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