I was asked to make a cover for a Seven seas writer notebook cover.
I used 2 mm veg tanned leather for this project and some grey board for the template.
Using the notebook I made the template I must admit I made the first template too small which led me to making a whole cover that was too small so attempt number two was the right size.
Now the template is the correct size. I cut some leather to size. I left the inner leaves slightly larger than required. I thinned down the edges where the pieces would be joined together.
Once I was happy with size of the leather I soaked and formed the shape of the folds in the wet leather.
After pre folding the leather I applied the chocolate leather dye.
After allowing the dye to dry for a while I glued the strip of suede over the unfinished leather in the centre.
I also glued the edges together and trimmed the edges. I use a pair of dividers to mark out the stitching lines.
I thought at this point I checked that the notebook fit fortunately it did.
After some stitching it looks like this
