2026 Volume 36, No.3 May/Jun

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LEATHERCRAFT

8 Exotic Inlays, Part 1: Key Fob with Circular Inlay

Kata Fay

17 Advanced Floral Drawing: Part 1

Gabor Pinter

20 The Leather Dance – Making a Hand Stitched Card Case
Part 1: Using a Pricking Wheel with Front and Back Sides Finished

Gordon Andrus

34 The Majestic Bald Eagle with Glass Eye Inlay, Part One: Tooling the Eagle and Placing the Eye

Kathy Flanagan

44 Convertible Clutch, Part 3b of 3: Making it Convertible – Adding a Removable Strap and Wristlet

Leandra Martin

55 Lessons from an Old Wallet

Sean Aquino

58 Edge Braiding a Belt

Joe Boyles

SADDLERY

64 From My Bench to Yours – Reflections of My Life in a Saddle Shop, Chapter 14

Bob Klenda

70 Beyond the Endeavor: Putting My Hand to the Leather, Saddle Repair Part 2 of 3 – Finishing and Reinstalling the Skirts

Dahlia Wagner

73 2026 Emerging Saddlemakers Preview: 7 Makers Present Saddles

Charil Reis

SPOTLIGHTS

IFC World Leather Debut Announcement 2026

2 About the Cover

James Jackson

31 Beyond the Workbench: A Conversation with Garret and Amanda Willis of Grit Mercantile

Odin Clack & Michael Magnus

42 Book Review: Elements: How to Draw Floral Elements (a book for the Florally Challenged by Karla Van Horne)

Miguel M. Pacheco

68 Leather Craft Community Podcast Show: Following Up with Jim Jackson, Season 3, Episode 4

74 The Kit That Kept Me Here

Dennis Forrester

TIPS

52 Scrolly & Scratch 3/2026

Gabor Pinter

79 The Skinny, 03/2026

Dave Skinner

DEPARTMENTS

4 From the Editor

6 Contributors

7 Coming Events

75 Leather Guilds

76 Classifieds

77 Subscription/Renewals

78 List of Advertisers