I just folded them in half and used an awl to poke the initial hole (place it where you want the hole, then hit it with your rubber mallet). Once I had my strips, I created the holes. Just buy the pre-dyed strips (or, if you want to dye your own – it’s fun! – get the strips, not a whole dang cow). Again, normal people will not have this much leather. I started by cutting down my leather into strips that were about 7″ long by 1.5″ wide. Note: You can easily substitute something like this for the first 4 items on the list, or even an old belt you have laying around! So, read the tutorial with that in mind – if you want to go wild and do the whole thing yourself that’s awesome, but you totally don’t have to. Apparently, our way is to do everything from scratch because my husband has taken up a sudden passion for learning leatherworking, so we’ve got practically an entire cow’s worth of raw, undyed leather and all of the supplies that go along with it.īut that’s okay. The normal person way would be to buy some leather already finished and go from there. This is not the “normal person” way to do this. Now, before I dive into this tutorial, I feel like I have to give a disclaimer. Click here to see my full disclosure policy. I promised I’d be back with the details, and today is the day. Last week I showed you the new art I created for our bedroom, and I gave a little sneak peek at how our old IKEA HEMNES dresser is looking a lot more grown-up thanks to some leather drawer pulls that I created.
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