Best Of Diys | Brand A Wallet From A Cowboy Boot!
Back inward 2011 nosotros featured a actually cool tutorial from the talented Alicia Jepsen of leather passport holder (which nosotros loved), in addition to and then followed it amongst 1 of my favourite DIYs on the blog, making a wallet out of a cowboy boot! Yup, that's right, a cowboy boot! So fun, yes? Check it out!
Make a Wallet from a Cowboy Boot!
Guest tutorial postal service yesteryear Jepsen LeatherGoods
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 top role of the kick off.
2. Wash the top role of the kick amongst dish soap.
3. Hang to dry out overnight.
4. Use a seam ripper to take away the push clit straps.
5. Cut upwards along the side piping.
6. Remove the pipage strip.
7. The disassembled kick should await similar this.
8. Use the ruler in addition to rotary cutter to cutting a 4” yesteryear 6” rectangle out of the front end slice of the boot. Start amongst a horizontal cutting simply inward a higher house the vamp.
9. Use the ruler in addition to rotary cutter to cutting a 2” yesteryear 4” rectangle out of the dorsum slice of the boot.
10. The iii pieces should await similar this.
11. Use the scratch awl to score a point every 1/4” all the way around the larger (4” yesteryear 6”) piece. Your dots should live on 1/8” inward from the edge.
12. Mark dots, inward a similar fashion, along iii sides of the smaller (2” yesteryear 4”) pieces.
13. Pierce the dots amongst a piercing awl. Tip: set the leather on an former telephone majority to allow the piercing awl to become through the leather easier.
14. The iii pieces should similar a shot await similar this.
15. The close mutual way to sew together 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 in addition to insert a needle 4 holes inward from pocket’s edge.
17. Pull the thread through the hole thence y'all convey equal lengths of thread on each side.
18. Insert the needle inward the adjacent hole in addition to push clit through the hole.
19. Insert the other needle into the same hole in addition to push clit through the hole.
20. Pull each strand tight to ready stitch. You should similar a shot 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 y'all teach to the other side.
22. Backstitch over your terminal stitch in addition to push clit each strand of thread betwixt the 2 pieces of leather.
23. Tie the 2 strands amongst 2-3 overhand knots in addition to cutting the excess threads.
24. There y'all convey it! Enjoy!
Copyright 2011 Jepsen LeatherGoods LLC Madison, WI
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Jepsen LeatherGoods LLC was born of possessor in addition to Pb maker, Alicia Jepsen, inward 2011. Led yesteryear the uncomplicated wish to create products that y'all exclusively convey to purchase in 1 lawsuit inward your lifetime, they began selling character leather accessories handcrafted inward Madison, Wisconsin. Each detail is individually cut, dyed, in addition to stitched yesteryear hand. They utilisation exclusively the best total grain vegetable tanned leathers in addition to durable waxed linen thread. Full grain leathers convey non been sanded or buffed to take away imperfections. This way that each slice is unique in addition to carries its ain distinct characteristics.
