First sporran project

**sydnie7** · 2nd December 12, 02:57 PM

I'd say no tassels, those "dings" will be invisible to the average viewer. It's always hard to back off from your own creations and realize that what you see as flaws will be either invisible or ignored by people who are a few feet away vs. the inches away of the creator!

That's a great repurposing of the old sofa, BTW. I have a nice black leather jacket with unfortunate L-shaped tear in the front, have been hanging onto it for much the same reason. . . can't blame the cats, just my own clumsiness!

**Tobus** · 3rd December 12, 05:56 AM

Originally Posted by sydnie7

I'd say no tassels, those "dings" will be invisible to the average viewer. It's always hard to back off from your own creations and realize that what you see as flaws will be either invisible or ignored by people who are a few feet away vs. the inches away of the creator!

Huge *** here.

When you work with leather, you just have to learn to love the inherent flaws in the material, especially in cases like this where it has seen prior use. Call it "character" and don't worry about trying to make it look perfect or hide anything.

**gwynng** · 3rd December 12, 10:51 AM

Well that was kind of what I figured. I was tending toward no tassels, but wanted a second opinion before moving on. I love doing this stuff because it is always a challenge of ingenuity. I am working with VERY few leather tools, so it is largely about how to make what I have in mind, but without a significant tool expenditure.

My latest discovery: did you know you can do a lock stitch with a plain old sewing machine needle?

More to come as I progress...

**GM445** · 3rd December 12, 05:16 PM

turning out very nice

**gwynng** · 5th December 12, 10:55 AM

All the front stitching is done. Decided it was better without tassels. Added the gusset and top band. Then stabilized the whole by adding a thicker piece of leather to the back. Will make for a nice smooth interior too.

Next step is adding the studs.

**sydnie7** · 5th December 12, 11:36 AM

That is really coming along nicely!

**TheOfficialBren** · 5th December 12, 03:46 PM

Nice!

**pugcasso** · 6th December 12, 07:03 PM

Interesting design so far...

**Truitt** · 8th December 12, 01:00 AM

I like it. It is definitely coming along nicely.

What did you use to make those nicely scalloped edges?

**English Bloke** · 8th December 12, 05:00 AM

Nice! I'd like to have a go. My neighbours have a leather sofa that I was eyeing up for sporran making material last time I visited. Unfortunately they were sitting on it at the time so it would have been a bit impudent to attack it with scissors right there and then.

Can you mask the dings with Kiwi tan? (other shoe polishes are available)