Make Your Leather Wall Hanging

Leather Wall Hanging Instructions

1 - Check you have everything in your Wall Hanging kit:

Pre-cut and Punched Leather Pieces
1 x Canvas Cloth for burnishing & protecting
1 x Binder Clips to help you stitch
2 x Colours of Handmade Waxed Thread
1 x Keyring Loop
2 x Sewing Needles
1 x Wooden D-ring
1 x Leather Holding Piece

You will also need:

Small pair of scissors
A little pot of water
Your quality time, ½ - 1 hours

Use this Diagram keep track of your pieces while crafting!

2 - Measure the thread

Your Round Coin Purse has 5 stitching sections, so you will need to cut 2x 75cm lengths of thread. Start by choosing the thread colour that you would like to stitch with, then measure and cut the pieces of wax thread.

3 - Thread the Needles

A. Thread the eye of the needle with the 75cm piece of thread.
B. Pull through 6-8cm of thread and then pierce the thread.
C. Pierce the thread again at 1cm distance along the long piece of thread.
D. Holding the needle tip, pull down the entire thread. This is called locking the needle.

Your kit includes a Leathercraft Basics instructions guide. Please refer to the Threading the Needle section for further diagrams and instructions.

4 - Insert Leather Piece into Loop

Take your leather holding piece and insert into the wood loop.

5 - Align Pieces

This step will be slightly harder as you are unable to secure with a binding clip, you can use the spare needle proved to help align

6 - Prepare for Stitch

Pull the thread through both holes leaving a 10 cm thread.

7 - Secure stitch

Pull thread through both holes creating a secured lock 3 times. Your thread should lead out the same side as you came in.

8 - Tie Off Thread

Tie the thread three times and cut off excess. You can now continue stitching with the threaded needle.

9 - Order pieces

It's now time to arrange your pieces, piece A, B & F must stay in place, pieces B-D can be arranged in whatever order you like!

10 - Start Stitch

Pull the thread through both holes leaving a 10 cm thread

11 - Secure stitch

Pull thread through both holes creating a secured lock 3 times. Your thread should lead out the same side as you came in.

12 - Separate Pieces

Take your thread and wrap around 3 times locking the stitch to create an even spacing between your two pieces.

13 - Secure Thread

Tie the thread twice. Cut excess

14 - Repeat Steps

Repeat steps 11-13 until you have completed all the stitching sections, Once your first 75cm length of thread starts to get to short you can swap to the next length.

Ta-daa! Great job - you have now finished your personally crafted .Ar:ti|sans Wall Hanging! What will you choose to do now with your Wall Hanging? Gift it, paint it or display in your home with pride!

We would love to see your creation in your home. Share it with us and our crafting community so we can celebrate your leathercraft dexterity. Tag us @artisans.life on Instagram (using the hashtag #artisanslife), drop us an email or leave us a review on our website to tell us what you enjoyed most about the making experience.

P.S. Did you recognise our Keyring Kit wrapped in your thread? Now you can practice your leathercraft skills further by crafting your very own leather keyring! Click here to access the Keyring Craft Kit instructions blog.

Make Your Leather Wall Hanging | Instructions