Piano Lesson #1

This is me playing piano the first time.

Vambrace

step1: measure your wrist and forearm, draw a parallelogram the top measuring the same as your wrist did and the bottom measuring the same as your forearm, make sure it is as long as your forearm and the sides of the parallelogram angle the same as your arm does. This piece of paper is your pattern, the same one should work for both arms.
Step2: mark down one side of the paper, you want to make dots ever half inch; these will be where your laces go through the leather. You will have to hole punch all of these, so keep that in mind; if you are not very strong you could do the holes farther apart so there are less of them.
Step3: fold the paper in half and mark the same holes on the other side so when you lace your vambraces up they look even.
Step4:trace your pattern onto the leather you are using and cut it out (repeat this step for our second vambrace)
step5: punch out the holes in the pattern, then set the pattern over your cut-out leather and just punch holes through where you just made holes in the pattern, once all of the holes are punched in both vambraces you can lace them up and show off to all of your friends.


Materials
leather
hole punch
shoe laces from your local dollar store
paper
pencil
tailors' measuring tape
leather sheers

Making a deck box

step 1: measure your deck and allow ¼Th of an inch on each side
step 2: use a ruler to make your six sides and one extra piece for a flap
step 3: once all of your sides are drawn, carefully cut everything out and try to keep them even
step 4: punch holes anywhere 2 pieces of leather will be attached, make sure your holes on both of the sides match up because you will need to lace or stitch them together later
step 5: attach all of the punched sided with lace and check to see if everything fits in the box or not
step 6: assuming everything fit and you didn't have to start over like I did , add Velcro for your clasp and you're done


Materials-
leather sheers
leather lace
dyes (optional)
stamps (optional)
leather hole punch
Velcro (or anything you want to use as a clasp)

Making a leather belt

A belt is a level one project
step 1: dye the belt whatever color you want
step2: attach the buckle using the snaps already on the belt
step3: hole punch the belt so it will fit you
step 4:stamp any designs or letters you want ion your belt -MAKE SURE YOU PUT THE STAMPS ON RIGHT-SIDE-UP!- I ended up with a girls' belt.
Step5: you might have to cut the belt down to a reasonable size before you can wear it, you do not want it to go around you more than once =)

Materials
belt kit
dye
stamps
hole punch