Cut Punch Stitch: Leathercraft

Every leather project starts the same way: a ruler, a sheet of paper and an hour of math before the first cut. Cut Punch Stitch does the drafting, so you get to the bench sooner. Pick a bifold wallet, a belt, a phone sleeve, a glasses case or a knife sheath. Type in your sizes or drag the edges of the pattern right on the cutting mat, and every piece redraws itself: shell, liner, card pockets, welts, keepers and belt loops included. Tell it which leather you are using and the pattern adjusts. A thicker hide gets more room at the fold, a case gets the ease it needs to close around what goes inside. Stitching holes are laid out at the spacing of your own pricking irons, from 2.7 to 4 mm, so the marks on paper line up with the teeth in your hand. Print it at true size across as many sheets as it takes. Each sheet carries a 50 mm check bar and overlap strips, so you know the scale is right…