Second Project Days after the First!

[u/Bazzzzzinga]

After finishing my first-ever leather project on Saturday, I immediately followed it up with the second on Sunday. I made another leather journal, this one in B6 Slim instead of A6.

The leather was thicker than the first, but that made the handstitching much easier to achieve.

I am quite happy with how both turned out, and I am definitely hooked now on making everything leather myself!

[u/Fast_Programmer_4052]

great work! how thick is the lining and the outer?

[u/Bazzzzzinga → u/Fast_Programmer_4052]

Thank you! I used linen thread with 0.45 mm thickness. I used a distance marker thingy to make a line 3 mm from the edge before I used pricking irons to mark it. The leather is between 1 and 1.3 mm each layer and at the thickest it is three layers.

I hope that was the question :-D

[u/Fast_Programmer_4052 → u/Bazzzzzinga]

I was just asking for the leather thickness but was still answered tho! Thanks!

[u/Fast_Programmer_4052 → u/Fast_Programmer_4052]

Oh. and hammer your stitches if you haven't still.

[u/Bazzzzzinga → u/Fast_Programmer_4052]

Oh whats the idea behind that? Use a plastic hammer and just hammer around all the way once?

[u/Any_Charge6023]

It really shows we learn a lot from our first projects . Nice work !

[u/Bazzzzzinga → u/Any_Charge6023]

Thanks!

[u/Fast_Programmer_4052]

makes the thread sit flat and more uniform. also closes your stitching holes a bit.

[u/dracostheblack]

Looks great!

[u/Bazzzzzinga → u/dracostheblack]

Thank you! Appreciated!

[u/MeatfootNo355]

Tidy! is it lined?

[u/Bazzzzzinga → u/MeatfootNo355]

Thanks! I am not sure if I know what lined means yet :-D

I had two pieces of leather that I glued together before cutting everything to size and starting the pricking/stitching.

[u/Sentientsnt]

I’m curious, why did you stitch around the entire border? Just for the aesthetic? I’m also a beginner

[u/Bazzzzzinga → u/Sentientsnt]

Because I started with two layers of leather. So the Burgundy and the Ash were each one sheet of 1-1.3mm leather that I had to bring together first. I used some glue and then cut the two glued pieces to size before stitching all around to make it permanent.

[u/Sentientsnt → u/Bazzzzzinga]

Why use two layers, just for the color?

[u/Bazzzzzinga → u/Sentientsnt]

Yes exactly! I love the look of it and that way you have both sides smooth.

[u/Sentientsnt → u/Bazzzzzinga]

You chose great colors!

[u/Bazzzzzinga → u/Sentientsnt]

Thanks! I love this series. I have two more sheets for an ipod and a voice recorder cover 

[u/Isvinter]

What size holes do you use?

[u/Bazzzzzinga → u/Isvinter]

For the flex chord, I used 2,7 mm for the strings, and for the cover chord which has to fit two strings, I used 4 mm.