(On-Line Course) Leather Shop Basics

Leather Shop Basics will teach you the basic step by step fundamentals of leather work.

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Have you ever asked yourself any of these questions?

• What leather should I use for this project?
• How do I cut this out without messing up the rest of my leather?
• What tools do I need for cutting, tooling, skiving my projects?
• How do I use those tools?
• What can I get by without at first?
• How do I make things that will last?
• Am I going to ruin my project?
• How do I dye & finish my leather projects?

You & most of the leather community has! That is one of the reasons I decided to create this course. I wanted to give you a place to find the skills you need, in order, without searching to really dive into this craft! 

Leather projects are not just one skill but rather a stacking of many small skills. By building a strong foundation of basic skills you can avoid many of the big project ruining mistakes that are so common.

This course is designed to help you learn how to stack the skills. 

 This course has 28 online lessons, broken into 9 different topics categories for easy learning. You can watch these as many times as you want until you have mastered each skill. 

We will cover:

• Getting Started - Workspace set up, Common hitting tools, Tools & Materials Resource List (with links), Organizing Your Tools
• Leather Overview - Types of Leather, Parts of a Hide, Measures of Leather Thickness
• The Sharp Stuff - Knives & Cutting Leather, Cutting A Straight Line, Skiving, Punching Holes, End Punches, Keeping Things Sharp
• Make it Pretty - Basic Stamping, Adding Color & Finish Products 101
• Get It To Stay - Leather Glue, Hand Sewing, Machine Sewing, Buck Stitch Basics
• Wow That Looks Better - Rounding Edges, Sanding & Slicking
• What About The Metal? - Cap Rivets, Copper Rivets, Setting Snaps, Buckles
• Random Helpful Skills - Making a Pattern, Marking A Pattern On Leather, Using a Strap Cutter & Straight Edging a Hide
• What's Next? - Now What?

This course has been laid out to help beginning crafters.

Are you brand new to leathercraft & have a desire to learn?

• This course is a perfect place to start! This will help you shorten the learning curve & give you faster progress because all the foundational skills are in one place. You will also find what tools you need to start & what tools you can invest in as you grow in your craft. 

Do you have some tools & are having fun with this hobby but want to grow?

• This course will help you make sure you have all the foundational pieces in the leather shop to help you create bigger projects with minimal mistakes that can be VERY frustrating - and costly- like picking the wrong leather for a project, miss cutting the leather, having dye/finishing issues, just to name a few. 

Invest in yourself and your craft by starting off with the right foundation.