Upcycling Leather into Accessories

New leather is durable, but costly on your pocketbook and the environment. In Upcycling Leather into Accessories, Blair Stocker will help you find second-hand sources for fine leather and teach you how to transform it into fresh, workable material.

As the author of Wise Craft: Turning Thrift Store Finds, Fabric Scraps, and Natural Objects Into Stuff You Love, Blair is full of helpful tips on upcycling old goods. In this class, she’ll teach you how to make gorgeous new leather goods from old ones. You’ll learn how to:

• Pick the right tools for leather working
• Prep, clean, and cut leather for re-use
• Sew and glue leather pieces together

Projects will include; journal making, bookbinding, tassel making, stamping, and printing – all with leather.

Upcycling Leather into Accessories will make leathercraft an affordable and fun addition to your creative arsenal.

• Why Repurpose Leather
• Cutting Leather
• Preparing Leather to Make a Tassel
• Making a Leather Tassel
• Gear to Make a Leather Journal
• Making a Leather Journal
• Printing on Leather
• Stamping Leather