Leather

[nliedel]

I'm looking for a leather supplier who is nice to work with, has a variety of stuff, like dyed suedes and soft skins (that I can sew on my machine, not industrial) and unusual skins, like ostrich. I have several ideas for Ren and non-Ren stuff and I want to play. Also buttons. I want me a mess of buttons, so I can have them on hand for whatever I am playing with at the time. I've been buying sweaters from used clothing places and starting to felt. I have a whole winter to make projects, and when I have something down, I can offer it as a class through my local Rec and Ed Department and make bucks to buy fabric to make garb out of. See how I justify my stash? Snort.

Any help is always appreciated and I love this forum. Even though I don't post here much. I read it all.

[Cormac]

For most of my leather needs Tandy is my go to place.  You can order on line, but the retail shops tend to have a little more variety.  I am very lucky to have a Tandy across the street from my office.  Well not so much because I spend way to much there. 

I also have a local leather place down the road that has all sorts of odd lots and scraps.  I raid them when I want to play with ideas or need a cool one of a kind piece.

Good luck!

[crazyrennie]

http://www.leathersupply.com/

http://www.eleathersupply.com/

http://www.theleatherguy.org/

As stated I normally go to Tandy myself-

For buttons i have been known to go to thrift stores to look for items with buttons and then reuse the buttons.

CrazyRennie

[lady serena]

I would recommend Tandy Leather Factory as they have suedes on hand that can be sewn on regular sewing machines here is a link to that

http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/home/department/Leather/Garment-Leather/9120-04.aspx

http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/home/department/Leather/Garment-Leather/99275-01.aspx?feature=Product_12

http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/home/department/Leather/Garment-Leather/9114-01.aspx

and also another place that I recommend is Brettuns Village Leather.

http://www.brettunsvillage.com/leather/


If you or anyone is interested in other leather items and stuff give me a PM and I will shoot you all my links that I have. Serena

[nliedel]

Thank you to everyone who answered my question. I really appreciate it and I'm looking forward to designing some neat things over the winter.