For the past 4 weekends, I have been at the Austin and San Antonio Tandy Leather stores upping my skills in leather working. I have learned how to use a swivel knife and how to tool; hand stitching, and dying and finishing. Last weekend, I tried to make another cover, this time for a 8 1/2" by 5" notebook (see here for my small book covers and adventures in leather) and let's just say it was a bit of a failure, so moving on... I spent the week watching some more video's and askin [...]