I like to make my own things, even if I could buy them commercially for less than it would cost to make it. It's fun and I can say, "I made that!" The things I make are not always the prettiest, but, I have learned over the years to build or make a prototype first, solves a lot of problems and saves a lot of headaches later on. I made my last sporran out of vinyl first, and ended up doing four of them, before I actually moved on to make one out of leather.

With that philosophy in mind, I'll be making a "practice" sporran out of faux fur, see if I like it, see how it worked out, and then move on to make one out of real fur.

Fun, educational, and interesting. Even if you don't think you can do it, you'll never know for sure until you try it. And, even if you fail, to paraphrase Edison, "Now I knew a thousand things that woun't work." And again, "Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."