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There are many similar cardholder out there but I drew the pattern for this one myself.

Made from a single piece (kind of a big T shape), veg-tan leather, hand dyed, and saddle stitched with linen thread.

There's a coin compartment, and another one that will easily fit 5-6 cards.

As always, happy to share any details.

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[–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Damn, it looks really nice. Love the colors. Did you dye it yourself? What kind of dye is used on leather?

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Vegan leather, so presumably soy based ;-)

I use dyes from a company called Fiebings on leather projects, but I’m not OP.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Not vegan. Veg-tan.

[–] Dop@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Very nice project, I want to get back into the hobby… I always had trouble getting the knot stitch right, dyslexia makes the oddest things a challenge 😌

[–] Dop@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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.