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.
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!
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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
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
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. :D