Ebook Leather Crafting Starter Book Tools Techniques and 16 StepbyStep Projects for Beginners Fox Chapel Publishing Learn the Basics and Start Making Wallets Cases Covers Bags Moccasins More Studio Tac Creative in partnership with Craft Co Ltd 9781565239524 Books

Product details Paperback 176 pages Publisher Fox Chapel Publishing; First edition (August 13, 2018) Language English ISBN-10 1565239520

Leather Crafting Starter Book Tools Techniques and 16 StepbyStep Projects for Beginners Fox Chapel Publishing Learn the Basics and Start Making Wallets Cases Covers Bags Moccasins More Studio Tac Creative in partnership with Craft Co Ltd 9781565239524 Books Reviews

• This book is fantastic for leather beginners and intermediates. There are so many detailed step-by-step photos. I have read through quite a few leather books and watched many youtube videos on leatherwork and this book is a solid addition to my journey with leatherwork.
• Hands down this is the most informative helpful leather crafting book for beginners that I have found thus far.
• Interesting projects, odd organization. I see 20 projects and 12 patterns - some may just not be in the PDF version I read. There's a project used to illustrate basic sewing techniques that doesn't have a pattern...why add a separate project rather than illustrating with one of the projects with full information - the key cover, or the other card case (though I don't think that one has a pattern either...)? Detailed info on sewing techniques, followed by three projects that don't use it, followed by several projects simpler than the illustration that use sewing, then some that are a little more complex. Lots of sanding and re-sanding and shaping edges that then get reshaped. A few translation(?) errors - in the slipper, a late project, the text says the lace comes out on the grain side, while the picture and common sense say it comes out on the flesh side. It's a somewhat annoying book, but like most other Japanese crafting books I've used the projects are great and the instructions are clear and detailed and (I think, I didn't actually go through and make a project) accurate enough to guide a beginner. I received a copy of this book from the publisher through Netgalley.
• This is an excellent introduction to handcrafting with leather. I had no experience working with leather apart from having made a couple of items using very thin leather on a sewing machine (I naively just treated it like weird fabric). This book starts with an introduction to the basic tools needed to get started, and then it proceeds to give detailed, abundantly illustrated explanation of how to execute some basic leather working techniques. There are are not many projects, but they are diverse (from simple bracelets and wallets to little sculpted dinosaurs). They are also polished and designed to appeal to a wide range of people, and they allow many different techniques to be explained. This is meant to enable the reader to use the methods shown as a starting point to design customized pieces. The technical information is presented so well that the idea of jumping in doesn't seem daunting. The overall effect of this book was to make me want to get the tools and try a couple of simple projects right away.
  Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to review an advance digital copy.
• As someone who has never worked with leather but would like to I was intrigued when I saw this title available for review on NetGalley.
  
  Leather Crafting Starter Book has an overview of recommended tools, all pictured in clear photos which I found very helpful. It also explains to complete beginners the differences in tanning methods and leathers. The 16 projects included range from wallets, to small dinosaurs and even a bag, and include patterns. Most projects use hand tools, but a sewing machine is also used for a few of them.
  
  My only criticisms are a lack of photos of the adorable leather dinosaurs on the cover, and that I’m not sure I’d make many of the projects. I would, however, definitely use the techniques demonstrated to make my own leather goods. All in all, this seems like a nice book to have as part of a novice leather crafter’s library. I certainly intend on buying a copy.
• A+