Sew Luxe Leather: Over 20 Stylish Leather Craft Accessories

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Fancy a wardrobe full of luxurious leather accessories without the painful price tag This collection of 20 luxe leather projects is perfect if you're looking for original, high quality projects made from leather, all of which can be made on a domestic sewing machine or with hand stitching. Choose from small projects to get started such as a keyring, card case, small purse and super-useful earphone holder, right up to the ultimate leather laptop case and a really chic foldover clutch for instant style credentials. Learn all the skills you'll need to make these projects and be surprised at how little equipment is necessary to create these stunning leather makes. Impress friends and family with your hand crafted leather accessories - you'll never be short of ideas for what to make as the perfect gift for everyone in your life! AUTHOR: Rosanna Gethin sells her own range of leather jewellery and accessories as well as running workshops for leather crafts from her studio and various venues in the UK. She has a Masters in Textile Design, and started working with leather due to her love of upcycling and repurposing. Her designs have a very contemporary feel: many of them feature geometric shapes and patterns as well as pops of brightly coloured and metallic leather alongside the classic neutrals. She has a decade of teaching experience and has built up an extensive range of skills, which she passes on at her workshops. SELLING POINTS: . CYO Luxe, High End Leather Accessories: A unique collection of simple but luxurious leather projects to stitch at home with minimum tools and equipment. . Trending Topic: Search data shows that the term DIY Leather is trending. . Fashion Forward Style: Has a strong fashion forward focus and is aimed at sewists wanting to make high end leather goods for themselves. Includes the iconic accessories of the moment including a stylish laptop case and a chic foldover clutch bag.

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Upscale elegance is always in fashion. UK-based designer Gethin provides more than 20 patternsthe exact number depends on how to count the options offered for cuffs, earphone holders, and other projectsfor leather accessories that will fit into almost any style: haute hippie, modern, classic, or otherwise. The objectives themselves have been parsed to the simplest of components: a one-piece glasses case, a three-part envelope clutch, a bold cuff with one Sam Browne stud. All are ordered by level of difficulty, easiest to most complex, and include tools, materials, and numbered directions, with accompanying color photographs. Of particular appeal is an upcycled tote, salvaged from an old leather jacket. Those new to the craft will get lessons up front (all about leather) and, in the back, details about 10-plus techniques along with 7 pages of templates. An easy-to-make-it-a-habit kind of craft. -- Barbara Jacobs * Booklist *

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Rosanna Gethinsells her own range of leather jewellery and accessories as well as running workshops for leather crafts from her studio and various venues in the UK. She has a Masters in Textile Design, and started working with leather due to her love of upcycling and repurposing. Her designs have a very contemporary feel: many of them feature geometric shapes and patterns as well as pops of brightly coloured and metallic leather alongside the classic neutrals. She has a decade of teaching experience and has built up an extensive range of skills, which she passes on at her workshops.