First Pouch

[Chainsaw]

Inspired by MKs handbag thread, I was playing around with some leather work this week, trying out a stamp I got from Kerne on BCUK and I needed a pouch to put all my archery bits and pieces in to stop them rolling about in my case. By far the most complicated bit of stitching I've done, a total pain in the I'm going to try wet moulding next time, the stitching should be easier even if the moulding is harder. Learned a lot with this build;

o Learn how to set the poppers correctly, not sure what I did wrong here but it deformed the popper, any ideas??
o Dye the leather before applying the poppers, doesn't look that bad in real life, flash showed it up
o Put the D rings on before you stitch up the belt loops
o Use some glue on the end panels

Anyways on with the show;

Pretty pleased for my first attempt at a pouch, pretty usable, but definitely room for improvement

Cheers,

Alan

 

[Black Sheep]

Nice work Alan.

Wish my first pouch's stitching was as neat as that, keep up the good work

Richard

 

[topknot]

Looks good to me for your first attempt.
Cheers Topknot

 

[Shewie]

Lovely job Alan, you sure it's your first ?

 

[Chainsaw]

Yup and my last, horrible stitching, restricted access, nightmare Think I'll try a wet formed next.

Anyone any ideas what I'm doing wrong with setting the poppers? Got the wee plastic button thingy and not mullering it too much??

Cheers,

Alan

 

[pwb]

Good job on that pouch looks great .

There's no way I'd even try that method , way to complicated for me , I definitely like the wet moulded method.

Anyone any ideas what I'm doing wrong with setting the poppers? Got the wee plastic button thingy and not mullering it too much??

No idea ,I use snaps from Le Prevo and a setting tool and still ,more offten than not ,end up with a marked top .

Cheers,
Pete.