Free Leathercraft Patterns

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:10:58 GMT

Free Leathercraft Tooling Patterns, Free Leather Carving Patterns, and leather craft project instructions

The current Patterns available are:
Napkin Holder Patterns -
Assembly Instructions File size is 1.16mb - http://www.sbearstradingpost.com/leather patterns/NH assembly-instructions.pdf
Leather Tooling - Carving Pattern File size is 237kb - http://www.sbearstradingpost.com/leather patterns/NH ToolingPattern.pdf
Tracing Pattern - Instruction File size: 828kb - http://www.sbearstradingpost.com/leather patterns/NH TracingPattern.pdf
Belt Carving Patterns - http://www.sbearstradingpost.com/leather patterns/beltpatterns1.pdf
Leather Pancake Knife Case Pattern - http://www.sbearstradingpost.com/leather patterns/PancakeKnifeSheath.pdf
Make your own stropping block - http://www.sbearstradingpost.com/leather patterns/StroppingBlock.pdf

To view and downlad these patterns, click on the links above or visit our Free leathercraft pattern page at:
http://www.sbearstradingpost.com/freepatterns.html

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Discussion Websites

Standing Bear's Trading Post Leathercraft Message Board - http://standingbears.proboards102.com/

Facebook Leathercrafters Grouphttp://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid 10062324602

Leatherworker.net - http://www.leatherworker.net/ -
Note the buffalo feather and figure carving tutorials.
Leatherworker.net Forums - http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?act idx? - Conversations on a wide variety of leatherworking questions. Access to professionals who share their knowledge.

FLASAH – http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flasah/ - Free Yahoo Group
We are the largest Internet list of leatherworkers dedicated to the discussion, sharing, and teaching of leathercraft. Free Internet lessons, patterns, ideas, information. and tips for working with leather. More than any group on any network in the world. The best new ideas come from experienced leathercrafters who are willing to share.

We teach. We have the On-Line Home Study Course (OLHSC). There you will find step by step lessons and tons of patterns. If you wish to learn about both leather and leatherwork without sales pressure, these are the groups.

All Leather Crafters and Leather Workers are welcome. Open discussion of leather crafting in any form. We are an international group with a world wide membership.

OLHSC - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/olhscleather/
On-Line Home Study Course in Leathercraft (OLHSC) A group designed to advance leathercraft by offering lessons via the web. These lessons teach basics of traditional tooling designs that go back to the days of Greek civilization.
We teach leatherwork. Begin leathworking here. (The start of leaathercarving.) Crafting with leather is fun. Our photo albums contain step by step instruction in tooling designs into leather, and many patterns. We are leathercrafters; we carve leather.
We work along with the group FLASaH and the South Central Leathercraft Guild. We work with leather. We are not eBay merchants after your money; we are leatherworkers, here to teach and advance your skill.
We have more patterns, instructional information, and tips than any group in the world. Our members have more experience than most, and share it freely. For ideas, we are the number 1.
Keep this group's discussions on the lessons that are shown here, and to the how-to's of tooling one of the 1000's of line patterns being added daily.

Leathercraft Guilds

The Leathercraft Guild – http://www.theleathercraftguild.com

The Leathercraft Guild Facebook Fan Page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Leathercraft-Guild/28636993760

International Internet Leather Crafter's Guild (IILG). - http://iilg.net/ - $20.00 Initial membership $10.00 following years. Includes membership in Yahoo group
( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iilg-members/ )
You can find a listing of the members of the IFOLG (International Federation Of Leathercraft Guilds at:

http://www.ifolg.org/members.htm

Leatherworker.net also has a list on their website at:

http://leatherworker.net/leatherguilds.htm

Informational Websites of Interest
Kingsmere Crafts - http://www.btinternet.com/~kingsmerecrafts/page04.html – Free site that has over 107 pages of information and how to instruction on leather craft.

Painting Cow Studio - http://www.paintingcow.com/supplies.html - Free tutorials.

Miscellaneous Patterns and Instructional Sites
http://www.johan-potgieter.com/leatherlearn/
http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr/LeatherS.htm
http://www.robertbeardtools.com/educational.html
http://members.memlane.com/gromboug/P3TofC.htm
http://www.freasierleather.com/AlStohlman.htm
http://www.leathercraftersjournal.com/
http://clayb.dotphoto.com/CPListAlbums.asp
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic 26036
http://www.hewit.com/downloads.htm
http://www.leatherlearn.com/
http://www.sbearstradingpost.com/freepatterns.html

Western patterns (require Tracing) & fonts
http://members.memlane.com/gromboug/P3TofC.htm
Clip Art http://www.harvestfields.ca/clipart/index.htm

Thank you to Cecil for many of these links in order to assist other leathercrafters in obtaining information in regards to leatherwork.

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