Yeah they're also making it illegal to access social media if you're under 15 so they're gonna have to enter their ID soon to access most websites. Sooo it doesn't even start to make it even.

I can imagine haha!

Never going back unless I'm forced to do so.

What is npm? How do I know I'm not using it?

No protest with over 500k ppl in France? Have you lost your mind?

It absolutely fits as leathercraft, congrats on your work! It looks like the covers perfectly fits its purpose but pics are lacking a bit of light, if you have brighter images feel free to share them, we'd be happy to have a look!

I cut a smaller piece of leather, skive it to the proper shape, and glue it in between the two sides. I usually glue it to the flesh side of the bottom layer, then fold the top layer over, on top of the assembly. Top layer is an oversized rectangle and inner layer is true to size. Once everyrhknis glued together I cut the top layer to its final saze by following the shape of the inner layer and then I saddle stitch the strap and finish with the edge work.

Been using cinnamon for a couple years and I'm happy with it, although I don't spend much time on my computer. Been recommending it as well since I don't know any better. What's the most user friendly distro you would recommend ?

Yup, looks just fine to me, especially for a stitchless project! If you liked doing it, you should try talking this a step further, maybe with a simple cardholder !? There are tons of tutorials out there if you need inspiration!

Nice little project, congrats! What I love with this kind of project is that they're easy and it doesn't have to look perfect in order to work just fine. Plus it doesn't require a lot of leather so it's easy to make a new one later down the way, when you're more comfortable with your skills, just to appreciate the progress you've made.

Have you ever tried saddle stitch ? It would be a good start if you want to keep crafting!

I use fiebings, they have two type of dye, the regular and the 'pro' one. Regular dye are alcohol based, and the pro one have a mix of oil and alcohol. I mostly use the pro dye, but I've had good results with both.

The one I used here is their royal blue pro dye.

I too use fiebings. Also, as actionjbone mentionned, it's vegetable tanned leather indeed, not vegan leather.

First of all, this looks like a fun and smart design, I like the idea of a fully zipped compartment for the wallet, that is easy to reach for.

Here are a couple questions though :

• I don't understand what you mean by "attach them with a W shape" can you elaborate ?
• will there be a system to keep the whole item closed (such as another elastic string, or maybe a snap button?)
• how do you plan to stitch the elastic band for pen holder, so that it's strong enough to last through time, but also it doesn't mess with the closure of your notebook-wallet?
• have you already planned the way you want to mix leather and fabric, and how you are going to stitch/sew it all together?
• you have 2 sides to leather, flesh side ("inner" side of the hide) and grain side (the skin side). So if you want the grain to show on the back, for instance, you will have the flesh showing on the front (or vice versa). Flesh side is usually considered less noble, and may deteriorate through time and turn mushy/flaky. To avoid that you have several options : lining with a thin leather (goat works great, it can be thinned out and remain strong), but then yiunhave to stitch the lining all around and work on a nice and clean edge finish. Or a cheaper/easier way is to buy veg-tan leather and rub the flesh side with tokonole and burnish it to get it stabilized. But maybe you have another plan in mind?

Good luck with you project, looking forward to seeing how it goes!

(And SOAD ftw!)

Thank you for this nice comment, much appreciated

I think about it but I have no idea where to start and how this works. Also I assumed that with my crappy skills self hosting may be a big vulnerability!?

Well the edge work is clearly not my best, but overall he was happy with it! Didn't take that long to stitch (a couple of houra) although working with such thread length is a bit of a pain.

Nice work! If looks like you went with turned edges on the handles, that's a nice touch! Is the tote lined inside?

I was wondering since you stitched around the top edge too. Kudos on the craft!

Been running GOS for a couple years now, it's flawless, I've installed it on my wife's phone as well, she has no issues with it either, so really no need to be a hardcore nerd to run it, just follow the instructions and reach out to the appropriate community/forum if need be.

Side note, I used to run Lineage, GOS is a breeze to install and run compared to Lineage (which was great, don't get me wrong, shout out to the devs!).

I'm mostly self taught, this started as a hobby back in 2020, but in 2024 I applied and got hired at Hermes, and I've been crafting handbags for them since then. All the work I share here is from before Hermes, and I must say it has helped me improve the quality of my work a lot, as the eye for details is crazy there. But I don't have time to practice at home anymore haha

The longest I have worked with is about 2 arm span, I could do more if I had too, but I'd avoid it if possible.