Decided to give a card holder a try, since a) I’m stuck at home, b) @Leathercraft Masterclass has a great class on how to do one, and c) my store bought one fell apart. Oh, and to justify my recent spending spree on alligator and Croc from American tanning (damn their evil sales!!) by using at least one leg of one hide 😂🐊🐊🐊🐊.
Made from aforementioned American Tanning glazed mandarina alligator, cash pocket lined with black calf, and card slots lined with some beautiful teal silk twill left over from another make. Stitched in 532 Fil au Chinois using KL 3.00mm French style irons, with custom mixed edge paint (red + orange Uniters, from RM Leather Supply).
it always amazes me how many tools and steps it takes to make something so small and ’simple’. There’s nowhere to hide in simplicity. Other side note; I used the legs of the hide. I know some people consider them scrap and don’t use them, but I actually like the patterning on the legs and hate waste. To keep the alligator stable, I lined using a self-adhesive reinforcement fabric (also from RMLS). Won’t be doing that again - worked perfectly well as an interfacing, but was a *@%!& to stitch through, and gummed up my beautiful KL irons.
Last pic is my stitching moral support buddy.




Thank you so much! I was happy to be able to use the leftover silk (I made a whole jumpsuit for myself in the same fabric lol)