Sewing With Leather and Suede: A Home Sewer's Guide

This book is a bit outdated in its examples and styling, but the information about how to create different types of seams in leather and suede are still very relevant. It has great information about the different types of tools that will be helpful for working with leather that you may not have for working with other textiles. I wish it was a bit more explicit about when certain techniques may be preferable to others - it does list a lot of examples as to when something could be useful, but almost every instructions tells you to test with your particular textile. This, of course, is sage advice, but can be a bit frustrating when you are trying to plan out a project. In any case, if you are looking for a book full of great projects and patterns, this probably isn't the book for you. There is a bag project, which actually looks pretty useable, but otherwise this book is much more useful as a reference about seam types, useful tools, and construction processes. I wouldn't have it as a main construction reference - other books are much more useful in regards to actually constructing a garment - but this book is great at highlighting the most useful techniques for working with leather. I think there may be some tools notions that are more modern and have been invented since the book was published, but overall I think it was very helpful in getting me started on a leather sewing project.