This is a tutorial for the key pouch pattern. It is an easy build which covers the basic leather working techniques like hand stitching, edge finishing and setting a button.
Leather selection
- 0.8mm / 2oz Dakota from La Perla Azzurra – cca. 20 x 25cm*
* You can make this project without lining using a single piece of leather 1.6mm / 4oz thick
Tool Inventory
This is the complete list of tools and materials used for this tutorial. You can successfully complete this build without some of them, but you may achieve slightly different result. The details such as dimensions or brands of our equipment are mentioned mostly as an inspiration.
- Button wrapping jig
- Self-healing cutting matt 60 x 90cm (Vantage)
- Steel ruler 50cm
- Scratch awl
- Head knife 125mm (Blanchard)
- Contact glue (Intercom Ecostick 1816B)
- Glue spreader
- Roller
- Hole punches – 2mm, 4mm, 12mm, 20mm and 3x16mm
- Leather maul
- Punching block 20 x 30cm (Craft Japan)
- Japanese skiving knife
- L’indispensable knife (Blanchard)
- Heat press
- Sanding block
- Sand paper – 240, 400 and 600 grit (Siawat)
- Edge creaser
- Edge paint (Fenice)
- Magic sponge
- Compass 165mm (Blanchard)
- High-speed steel paring knife (Blanchard)
- Saddler’s Hammer #4 (Blanchard)
- Set of 3.38mm pricking irons – 2 and 10 prong (Blanchard)
- Harness needles #4 (John James)
- Linen thread 0.55mm (Meisi Superfine M50)
- Stitching awl
- Stitching clam
- Thread scissors
- 10mm snap button
- Tools for setting 10mm snap buttons
- Bone folder