A Wallet for My Man

Not only do I sew, but I also enjoy tooling leather. My boyfriend's wallet is starting to get a bit raggedy, so I made him a new one to give him for Christmas. I've made him a couple trifold wallets before, but this time he wanted a long wallet. He told me what he wanted on it, and I found pictures that he liked and made them the right size to fit on the leather.

Then I traced the designs onto the leather.

Here it is nearly finished. His initials are on either side of the top part of the cross.

I decided to add a background texture behind the celtic knot side.

Can't forget a maker's mark. It's in the lower left corner

Here it is all dyed up. I decided to resist the dye over the tooled patterns to make them stand out.

Here is the finished product :)