I had a leather block. I don't know why I was resistant, but I was. I'd been looking for good books on leather, but had only come up with about 3, so I purchased them. For the next year they just sat, I'd flip through them and look at the pictures but that was it. Finally, I cracked open How to Sew Leather, Suede, Fur in no time I had read 4 chapters and created a simple pattern. Why had I ever resisted. It's not like I haven't ever sewn leather. I had sewn leather pillows in the past, heck I even worked temporarily making leather seats for airplanes. Well that's all behind me now. And those 4 20 gallon trash cans of leather we purchased at an estate sale, now they have a purpose.