I've been at it for about a month and not doing too badly.
However, the one thing that taking up a new hobby is that it allows me to learn a new crafty skillset! (For The Win!!!) Archery has a few accessories that have often been made from leather -- quivers and armguards. I already know the rudimentary basics of leatherworking, but, I didn't want a plain quiver, I wanted a design on it, which meant I needed to learn a bit of leather carving. I felt that leather carving was a complimentary skill set to my rudimentary leathercrafting skills.
First, I did a whole bunch of research on the Internet for quivers, because I needed to figure out what type of quiver I wanted and how to make it. (For those interested, I have a Pinterest board for leatherworking ideas.) While I researched quiver patterns, I started practicing leather carving.
I stumbled across a Flickr album for a hip quiver class where folks were learning leather carving, which had good enough photos to make my own pattern. They were kind enough to include dimensions for their quiver, which I used as a guideline to make my own pattern.
(Image copyrighted to evrardarcher on Flickr)
I used poster board and painters tape to make a mockup of the pattern.
I liked it, so it was time to cut out the leather.
I had some suitable veg-tanned leather lying around (as you do), and got started. I also made a bottom stopper for the quiver, which would fit inside the quiver.
To make the bottom stopper, I cut out the leather, got it wet, then formed it over an appropriate sized plastic container with rubber bands. When it dried, it was the appropriate shape.
Now that I had the leather quiver cut out, it was time to tool (i.e. carve) the leather with a pattern that I picked out.
(Additional progress posts can be found here.)
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