Leather

[Badger-1]

Alrighty now ,,,,,,,,I sure hope there are some "Canadian" wenches out there that can help me.!!! I need to know where I can purchase leather so that I can make a new pouch for my costume -----------any ideas ???? :?

[Kaeleigh1]

I have found the best and cheapest way to find leather for small items that I am making are at thrift stores. On numerous occasions I have bought NICE, real leather coats for $10-$15 and made dozens of items by cutting it up and reshaping it into what I want. Good luck!

Kaeleigh

[Badger-1]

Thankyou M'Lady -----thrift stores ----great idea!!! :)

[Kaeleigh1]

You are most welcome! Glad I could help. From which faire do you hail, m'lord? If we are in close proximity I can browse the shops here and perhaps bring you anything that I find.

Kaeleigh

[Badger-1]

Oh!!! M'Lady your are most generous and kind.Unfortunately I am from the Ontario ren faire in Milton Ontario., and I think that I'm quite a distance from you ,,,however I do thank you again for the idea of visiting thrift stores because we do have them here. Last summer M'Lady and I visited the NYRF as well as the Sterling faire,,,,,,,darn!!!!! I should have bought up those packages of scrap leather II guess that they were selling at the faires-----hmmmm!!! :?

[cyd]

Oh!!! M'Lady your are most generous and kind.Unfortunately I am from the Ontario ren faire in Milton Ontario., and I think that I'm quite a distance from you ,,,however I do thank you again for the idea of visiting thrift stores because we do have them here. Last summer M'Lady and I visited the NYRF as well as the Sterling faire,,,,,,,darn!!!!! I should have bought up those packages of scrap leather II guess that they were selling at the faires-----hmmmm!!! :?

Oh, you mean tthe bags of scrap leather that they sell at Potomac Leather in Sterling?

what a coinkidink, I just bought a huge number of their scrap bags this last weekend at mDRF. ;)

Thrift stores aren't the only good place, by the way. try ebay. i got a fabulous fox fur coat on ebay a few years back... $30, and absolutely wonderful...

Leathers for inexpensive prices as well.

Cyd

[FairieTink]

You can get real leather coats on ebay for like 30 bucks... cheaper than full leather skins.

[Badger-1]

Oh!!! M'Lady your are most generous and kind.Unfortunately I am from the Ontario ren faire in Milton Ontario., and I think that I'm quite a distance from you ,,,however I do thank you again for the idea of visiting thrift stores because we do have them here. Last summer M'Lady and I visited the NYRF as well as the Sterling faire,,,,,,,darn!!!!! I should have bought up those packages of scrap leather II guess that they were selling at the faires-----hmmmm!!! :?

Oh, you mean tthe bags of scrap leather that they sell at Potomac Leather in Sterling?

what a coinkidink, I just bought a huge number of their scrap bags this last weekend at mDRF. ;)

Thrift stores aren't the only good place, by the way. try ebay. i got a fabulous fox fur coat on ebay a few years back... $30, and absolutely wonderful...

Leathers for inexpensive prices as well.

Cyd Good idea ----I'm also hopeing too that with Halloween just around the corner. That I'll find some leather at the thrift shops.

[Adriana Rose]

Try seeing if there is a Tandy leather store around your area or here's the web site:
http://www.tandyleather.com/
They always have a good selection, and if there is a store near you they always have leather scraps that are great for little projects
Hope that I helped

[Badger-1]

Try seeing if there is a Tandy leather store around your area or here's the web site:
http://www.tandyleather.com/
They always have a good selection, and if there is a store near you they always have leather scraps that are great for little projects
Hope that I helped By the looks of things I might write to Tandy leather in Missasagua which is about an hours drive away. Get a load of this -------I was in Walmart the other day and they have pieces of leather from "Tandy" hanging up on display . Now these pieces are about one foot square ------But their prices were un real I thought-----they were on sale for $4.00 each. :shock: :shock: :shock:

[Muireadach - PirateRogue]

It's cheaper to drive an hour to the tandy store than buy the same leather at Walmart.