Thanks to everyone who wrote a reply, especially since I couldn't even figure out how to upload the pics! I just created my website last night so I think my brain's a bit fried.

To answer yours':

Thanks for the tips about the URL, I'll get it sussed one day.

Yes, I have leather needles, but I think the combination of the thickness of the leather and the fact that my mum's old Singer machine is ANCIENT and rusty, made for very dangerous sewing, needles pinging off everywhere! And to be honest, once I got into a way of doing it by hand, I liked it better.

I agree about the stitching! I don't mind it when it's black or a matching colour, but the contrasting ones DO make it look a bit childish. Especially on the patch pocket on the back. I was originally trying to make them a lot more rustic than they appear now, they seem to have become a wee bit too formal. I have done one in plain black with black rivets round the edge instead of the stitching, which I quite like, gonna do more of them.

Finally, I'd love to be able to do wholesale but I think I'd be running before I can walk! I work full time on a newpaper, and with 2 cheeky sons to look after, I don't get a lot of free time. (Ah, but my day off is usually spent elbow deep in leather, glue and rivets... *sigh*). But thanks for asking!

LindyLoo x