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Miniature leather projects for dollhouses, roomboxes and dioramas

Purses, handbags, satchels and saddles. Where can you find leather in scale for tiny projects? Can leather be simulated?

Miniature leather projects for dollhouses, roomboxes and dioramas

Links to miniature projects

photo albums, blog posts, webpages

Ugly to Leather - by Maureen H

Beauty Salon - chairs made from old leather gloves - by Faye Z

Blogs

Blogs concentrating on leather or categories/labels about it in blogs

Groups

Discussion groups, forums (or forum categories) and photo groups dedicated to leather

Supplies for sale

Supplies needed for making leather projects.

Jo-Ann Fabrics - colours may need to be special ordered, micro suede is an option for leather.

Leather and Leather Tack - from Unicorn Woman

Pittards World Class Leather

Rio Rondo - one of the best sources for thin and in-scale leather

Tandy - leather company

Miniatures for sale

Do you have a section for leather in your shop? Add a direct link to that item here.

Books

Books about miniature leather projects (also books with chapters about them)

Instructions for miniatures

Miniature printables

Wallpapers

Wallpapers that go well with leather projects

Other Printies

Book/magazine covers related to leather

Videos

YouTube videos about miniature projects related to this subject

Research/ Inspiration

Tips/Hints

Skiving leather - try wrapping your leather around a small flat block and use a belt sander to make your leather thinner
Look in thrift stores for kid leather gloves
A good source of imitation leather: check-book and appointment book covers
Masking tape resembles leather, good for small projects, rub with shoe polish.
Make a waistband for your pants or skirt and glue to the garment. Make a leather belt, glue belt loops onto the belt, wrapping the ends around to the back of the belt. Glue the belt with the loops to the waist band. This is really easy and looks great. You do have to mark the waistband for the loop positions and transfer these to the belt, and beware - the belt can stretch, so be gentle. For the loops use Fabri-Tac on the wrong side, then slice thin strip with a blade.
To get nice round edges on small strips of leather (like for a belt) use a lighter CAREFULLY on the edges. Burn off the little corners, just a little bit and you'll end up with a nice round edge. Practice first on some scraps.
If real leather is too thick, take silk and paint with acrylic paint. Finish with gloss to resemble leather .
Look for faux leather clothing at the flea market, or faux leather lined with paper in paper or book binding shops. Good for luggage and bags.
Paint fabric with a light coat of Gesso. When dry, paint with the color of your choice. When dry, use an antiquing gel/stain to give it a leather look.
Assemble freezer paper or brown paper bags, Modge Podge (Gloss or matte), white tacky glue, brown wood stain gel in a suitable shade.Tear the paper into irregular shapes and sizes. Crumple the paper up into a ball and open it up repeatedly. The more wrinkles the more it looks like old leather. Apply glue to the item. Flatten the paper into the glue, overlapping edges repeat until box or item is covered. Let glue dry. (usually over night). Using an old rag, pick up a bit of the gel stain and rub into the paper giving just a nice glow of stain. Let dry and Modge Podge this, using either gloss or matte.
For smaller items like shoes, try ripping tissue paper into small pieces. Then glue onto shoes and boots, let dry and paint to look like leather. Or create a patchwork leather jacket.