Leather Crafter's Journal

07/28/2025

JULY 31st DEADLINE FAST APPROCHING!!! (link corrected)

The Last Minute Leather Shootout - A contest intended to replicate "real-world scenarios" where crafters don’t always have a ton of time to plan out, and create, a perfect project. This year's project must be completed between the announcement date and the due date. Best of luck to all registrants. Sign up NOW - 4 DAYS LEFT!

https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/last-minute-leather-shootout/

See you in Waco! Y'all come down now, ya hear!

07/25/2025

Some "next gen" workshops in todays profiles. Daniel Reach is a Master Leather Craftsman, and a multi-award winning artist who teaches on two YouTube channels, including Weaver Leather Supply and The LeatherVerse. Links to his "outside of the box" workshops are below, be sure to get your seats NOW! They're fillin' up fast!

https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/

The Heart of Texas Leather Show, in Waco, Texas, will be another fantastic year, with a ton of instructors, offering close to 50 workshops! The show runs August 8th & 9th, 2025, with workshops starting Tuesday, August 5th.

Click here NOW to preview all course spots available: https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/. Register for your seat today, workshops are filling up fast!

JULY 31st DEADLINE FAST APPROCHING!!! The Last Minute Leather Shootout - https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/last-minute-leather-shootout/

See you in Waco! Y'all come down now, ya hear!

07/24/2025

This week we profile Carlos & Clay! Nope, not a 1970s cop duo, just some of the best we have on this years channel line-up of Hit Instructors. Join Carlos Williams as he shows you how to make his signature color patterning. And for all those tool tinkerers, Clay Miller's workshop is a must attend! Links to these awesome workshops are below, be sure to get your seats NOW! They're fillin' up fast!

https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/

The Heart of Texas Leather Show, in Waco, Texas, will be another fantastic year, with a ton of instructors, offering close to 50 workshops! The show runs August 8th & 9th, 2025, with workshops starting Tuesday, August 5th.

Click here NOW to preview all course spots available: https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/. Register for your seat today, workshops are filling up fast!

JULY 31st DEADLINE FAST APPROCHING!!! The Last Minute Leather Shootout - https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/last-minute-leather-shootout/

See you in Waco! Y'all come down now, ya hear!

07/18/2025

1 MONTH AWAY! And more Stohlman Award winners to round off the week this week's Waco Instructor Profile.

Chris "Slickbal" Andre's knife sheath workshop is a MUST ATTEND for all those interesting in sheath making. And the one and only, Jim Linnell, brings you new & old workshops that tap into his decades worth of knowledge. Links to these awesome workshops are below, be sure to get your seats NOW! They're fillin' up fast!

https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/

The Heart of Texas Leather Show, in Waco, Texas, will be another fantastic year, with a ton of instructors, offering close to 50 workshops! The show runs August 8th & 9th, 2025, with workshops starting Tuesday, August 5th.

Click here NOW to preview all course spots available: https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/. Register for your seat today, workshops are filling up fast!

DETAILS NOW POPSTED!!! The Last Minute
Leather Shootout - https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/last-minute-leather-shootout/

See you in Waco! Y'all come down now, ya hear!

07/16/2025

07/15/2025

Some familiar faces to start this week's Waco Instructor Profile, with some fantastic workshops for you to take advantage of. Be sure to join Julie Baugher, and have fun with her chaps designs. And of course, the one and only Bob Klenda, and his Saddle Repair Workshops. Links to these workshops are below, be sure to get your seats NOW!

https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/

The Heart of Texas Leather Show, in Waco, Texas, will be another fantastic year, with a ton of instructors, offering close to 50 workshops! The show runs August 8th & 9th, 2025, with workshops starting Tuesday, August 5th.

Click here NOW to preview all course spots available: https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/. Register for your seat today, workshops are filling up fast!

DETAILS NOW POPSTED!!! The Last Minute
Leather Shootout - https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/last-minute-leather-shootout/
See you in Waco! Y'all come down now, ya hear!

07/11/2025

2025 Last Minute Leather Shoot Out
Heart of Texas Leather Trade Show
Registration is open
https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/last-minute-leather-shootout/

07/10/2025

Once again in Waco... Aaron Heizer & Don Gonzales bring you this year's Last Minute Leather Shoot Out! More information can be found here:

Contest purpose: This contest is intended to replicate a real-world scenario where we, as craftsmen and craftswomen, don’t always have an abundant amount of time to plan out and create a perfect project. This project must be completed between the announcement date and the due date. This

07/08/2025

We gotta great batch o' instructors for y'all to start out the week with. Today we profile workshops being offered by Bob Brenner, Carlos Williams, Dennis Forrester, and the combo of Michael Magnus & Odin Clack. So many area covered... from the business side, to unique leather crafting techniques. Links to these workshops below, be sure to get your seats NOW!

https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/

The Heart of Texas Leather Show, in Waco, Texas, will be another fantastic year, with a ton of instructors, offering close to 50 workshops! The show runs August 8th & 9th, 2025, with workshops starting Tuesday, August 5th.

Click here NOW to preview all course spots available: https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/. Register for your seat today, workshops are filling up fast!

DETAILS NOW POPSTED!!! The Last Minute
Leather Shootout - https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/last-minute-leather-shootout/

See you in Waco! Y'all come down now, ya hear!

07/07/2025

Leather Crafter's Journal
July/August 2025 issue

07/04/2025

Calling all makers, and those who aspire to be! Today we profile workshops offered by Leandra Martin, that cover a variety of topic from construction, to all the finer details. Be sure to sign up for as many of these as you can if you're want to level up. Links to Leandra's courses below, be sure to get your seats NOW!

https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/

The Heart of Texas Leather Show, in Waco, Texas, will be another fantastic year, with a ton of instructors, offering close to 50 workshops! The show runs August 8th & 9th, 2025, with workshops starting Tuesday, August 5th.

Click here NOW to preview all course spots available: https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/. Register for your seat today, workshops are filling up fast!

Also happening once again... The Last Minute
Leather Shootout - https://leathercraftersjournal.com/heart-of-texas/last-minute-leather-shootout/

See you in Waco! Y'all come down now, ya hear!