Every once in awhile I find myself doing some sewing and crafting with leather or suede.  Awhile back I decided to try to make myself a leather thimble -- my fingers seem to be a little too big for the thimbles you can find in stores.  I was very lucky and found a fantastic sewing with leather site, which had a leather thimble kit.  I purchased the kit, made it and it has been the best thing ever.  Everything was there that I needed to make the "custom fitted thimble", and of course I made it to fit ME, not just a standard size finger!

I just visited that site again a few days ago, and I found the NEATEST pattern for soft sole leather shoes for children!  I'd been wanting to make some for my quadruplet grandchildren and their big brother, so I've just placed my order for that pattern!  The full size pattern has sizes 1-9 all included in the same pattern, so I only had to buy ONE pattern and will be able to fit the whole crew!  The shoes in the picture on the site were just beautiful, so now I can't wait to get started making mine.

NOTE:  The basic sewing with leather book on the home page of the site is the book I started with when I originally wanted to get into leather and suede sewing.  I highly recommend this book, as well as the kits and patterns that you see.