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Shamelessly reposted from the other thread but I'm just really happy that my bag turned out as well as it did!
Your bag looks great! Very clean. How did you get started with leathercraft?
Thank you! I had been kind of wanting to do it for a little while, was coming out of a bad place mentally and had a real urge to do something creative as a proper hobby. I saw an introductory course being offered for a very reasonable price at a place that was relatively local to me and booked it; I'm terrible for just trying to pick up new hobbies, buying the stuff and dropping it instantly but leathercrafting felt a bit different so I wanted to take it slow. I watched a ton of videos and made myself hold back on buying stuff until I did the course and made sure I liked it.
And yeah, after that I got started on a bunch of simple items, some basic card holders, simple patterns from the internet etc. then started designing my own things and this is kind of the level I've got to now, combining all the different skills and techniques I've picked up on.