made a new ( bigger) sporran

[jhockin]

I've got the pattern on tracing paper,and have transfered it to the cover. Once the pattern is traced onto the leather of the cover, I got the leather nice and wet, and carved the pattern into the leather, and 'shaped' the surrounding leather into a bas-relief, so that the pattern ( a stylized thistle in a circle), stands out.

the pattern appears to be 'centered to low, but this is to allow for the bend, from the back to the front, once the lid is closed and fastened (still, I didn't get it quite right/centered - next time). Above the cover/"lid". you can see a small rectangle of the same leather. this will be sewn to the 'tongue', part, of the cover, to form a loop, for the sporran belt, before sewing the cover to the back-side of the 'bag'.