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Because of a minor operation that got infected, I've not been able to do much recently. one of our sons is a very talented woodworker and he recently bought a new IPad to help him with his designing. I offered to make a leather folder for that and the photographs are the result. He chose the leather and the contrast stitching (I'm not a fan but that is just personal) whilst the burnt orange lambskin suede was my choice. The IPad plastic holder insert is kept in place by two snaps (hence the orange eyes) so that a change of IPad model could be accomodated.

it was actually more complicated than I had envisaged for a "simple" folder and I learned a lot from the make. The difficulty in cutting straight accurate lines through several layers when all the padding was in place; the thread (Amy Roke Polyester; but the first time I have had issues with it) fraying several times during stitching. I did a prototype with turned edges but it looked scruffy, partly due to my inept skiving but also due to trying to match the turned edge of the leather to the turned edge of the suede. I've been cabinet making for 40 years and so understand about the striving, and failing, for perfection in a make. I would give myself 7/10 for this - but lessons have been learned.

Apologies for the qualoity of the photos - if you think I'm pretty bad at leatherwork, my photography is even worse.

You know how some people are able to detail instructions on how to make something and what to do? Well, I am thinking of doing something similar except that mine will be instructions of precisely what NOT to do.