 We just made three easy leather projects using three different tools our cricket our x-tool and the glow forge And we'll show you how we did it right now What is up a welcome back do like to do a builder to make it so do we and we have a new video each week This week we're getting into a little bit of the leather working leather working light We've been wanting to do a leather project for a while now But I didn't really have any great ideas So some folks from Silver Creek leather reached out and sent us a box of like leather samples here So we've come up with three projects using three different tools our cricket our x-tool and the glow forge Now Silver Creek leather is a supplier to all the craft stores They supply real leather and that's the leather that you see in Michaels Joann's Hobby Lobby so what we make today you'll be able to make from the leather you can get your local craft store project number one tiny backpack Dora We're gonna make a little air pod case everybody has a set of air pods or something close to these these little Wireless earbuds and so we thought this would be a great little project to test out the leather make a little no-sew air pod case Step one and we're gonna gather all of our supplies. We needed some leather our real leather our Silver Creek leather We're gonna use Rivets we're gonna use a little stud post studs and You don't need your air pods, but we have them to put back in put in our case at the end Oh and the cricket. Yes, this one. We're gonna cut our leather with our cricket step two We're gonna make all of our cuts. We're just gonna load up the cricket for this one You'll need to use your strong grip mat and place your leather face down so that the Non-greeny side gets good adhesion to the mat now doing your face down We'll also save the mat because the backside will leave a lot of that leather residue leather lint and your mat won't last as long and then for this leather we'll be using the two to four ounce leather and we'll need to change to our deep cut blade three Time to assemble we got our little leather pieces all cut out all three little leather pieces now We're just gonna fold this raw hide up Hit it with a stud hold it up before you do that. We're gonna do a little backpack handle on back putting the backpack handle on It's not really a backpack. It's not two straps. It's just a one strapper here. So one strapper. Yeah Hold on. Can you help on my yeah my beautiful nails? Here Yes, and then I just need to put this on you just fold the little loop in the back. You're gonna add your little the top of your rivet on top and Then you're gonna place this right on there. Oh Like yeah, it's out in there. Perfect. I don't want a little deep. No careful. Don't crush the front All right All right. Now he's got his little strap on the back And then this part is super simple You're just gonna fold up the bottom and the actually I'm gonna do the sides first fold the sides in fold the front in and We're gonna add a little post on the back. It's a little screw post. Yeah, you want to do it one at a time Yeah, maybe use your to find yeah It's like a baby diaper It is like a baby diaper Get in there Yeah, yeah Get in there Yeah, yeah, oh It's got a little nub there. Can you get it? Can you do it? Can you do it? No now with those nails Little bougie right now I'm gonna be a crafter with all this. Yeah, I don't know you just play one on TV Is that it? That's it. All right, let's put it in a little backpack. I Don't know if those straps will fit around my shoulders though Get in there. Yeah. Yeah. Look at that He's cute little guy. It's like a little baby Yoda sack We had the accents it's actually project number two Dingle dangles We're going to make a wristlet. So a wristlet can be used as a key chain can hold your tiny backpack can be a Accent for your purse could be a whip. So we're going to use chaps. Oh For this project, we're gonna use the X-Tool D1 10 watt laser We're gonna do a cut and engrave step one. We're gonna gather all of our supplies Well, we needed leather and you can use any leather, but we're gonna use veg tan. It's kind of looks raw Yeah, because I found these markers these real leather leather markers and we're going to give this a pop Yeah, we're gonna color our leather using these markers. We're also gonna use This key ring this swivel hook some jump rings and some rivets and the X-Tool D1 laser Step two, we're gonna make all of our cuts We're gonna take the leather over throw it underneath the X-Tool do some engraving and then cut it out We masked off our veg tan so we wouldn't get that char or burn on the top side Then I used 100% power 10 millimeters per second one pass Step three Now we're gonna tan some hides. We're actually just gonna color in our flowers Time to assemble it. We're just gonna use some of these little rivets and just kind of pair them up, right? Yes, we're gonna stack. We're gonna stack these flowers the yellow the pink and the green We're gonna assemble these front to back see that so that they're pink on each side. Okay Look at these cute flowers So you're gonna put the top in there. Yeah, because this is gonna snap like this You're gonna tuck this in here, but you're also gonna tuck a key chain in there Look at there How do we put all these on with these things now? We're gonna add our charms to our little key ring here. Oh My goodness. That is so cute Step four and now we have the accents. We're just gonna clip this one onto this one We're gonna attach it to our tiny backpack He's on Project number three Chaps. Nope. He wanted chaps, but they didn't send us enough leather for chaps. I will accept hat tag That was so the real project is gonna be a cute customizable hot hat tag hot tags They are they're so hot right now that I thought this would be a great project for us to try it with this leather It's genuine leather. It's genuine leather. We're gonna use the glow forage on this one We're gonna do a cut and engrave and use one of their new tools in the glow forage app. So holes. So holes So holes Step one, we're gonna gather all of our supplies I needed a hat and some leather since this is a hat and leather project and we're gonna sew it So we're gonna use this waxed thread By real leather this big needle and because I got petite hands I need a thimble and some vice grips to pull that through step two We're gonna make all of our cuts. I'm gonna throw the leather in the glow forage We're gonna give it in a grave and cut and even cut out our sole holes For materials will select thick natural leather and we'll do HD engrave. I'll draw two boxes around this logo Now I'm gonna select one of these boxes and go to patterned lines over on the right-hand side Then I'll select stitching holes. I'll adjust the spacing and print. It's just that easy Step three time to assemble it We're just gonna sew it all up with this giant needle and this wax thread. Yes The wax thread has four threads in there I'm pulling it apart and only using two threads for our sewing two threads. So I pulled him off a piece and We're ready to go. I'm ready to sew. First thing I'm gonna put some double-sided tape on the back Kind of hold it in place while I get it going Yes, you do the alignment the great thing about this About these hats is that they have this nice seam right in the middle and it makes it easy to line up You hold it for me. Okay, and I will What do you guys think I told you they're all pretty easy, right? They're all super easy I think sewing was actually the hardest one Trying to poke through this backer piece. Yeah, I think the backer on this hat's pretty stiff. Yeah But otherwise they were all pretty easy. Yeah, I love the colors and this keychain. I didn't even know they offered markers for leather That was pretty cool. So I thought I would show you guys what you could do This little wristlet and keychain is adorable My little backpack is also adorable The little airpod case came with its own little wristlet strap So we attached that I think that was super cute. We forgot it and I love the patch on this hat I love that we can customize this and make it anything you want. So I think if you want to offer something like this in your store Um being able to customize these patches with something like the x-tool or the glow forge Yeah, I think it's great. Well the glow forge was nice because of the new feature of making the sew holes Yes, yes, yes, so easy with the sew holes Right, all we had to do was click the button and they were there You didn't have to line them up or figure it out spacing or anything. Yeah, that was nice I love them. So cute. So these were fun fun leather projects I'm gonna put this jam on All right So fancy big thanks to all of our patrons. We love you guys Thank you so much And did you know that we are full-time content creators? If you enjoy our content and you want to see more of it, you can join us over on patreon Garrett puts up all kinds of fun stuff every week. He adds svgs Sometimes it's outtake videos. We have limited merch releases every week's an after show Every week there's an after show and then monthly we do zoom calls live with our top tier patrons So join us over on patreon for a little extra fun Yeah, I have nothing to balance. It's all floppy. Oh, yeah. Well here you can balance I don't know what you can balance balance my hat Do hat tricks? Oh, let me see if I can put my hat on backwards ready Yeah, I can do it both ways