This is a great class to give you a taste of leathercrafting, working with sustainable, vegetable tanned leather from Italy.

You will learn how to:

Smooth and burnish the edges of the leather
Use a creasing tool to give the edges a professional finish
Glue the layers of the leather together
Use a stitching chisel and hammer to make the stitch holes
Thread your needles with pre-waxed linen thread
Saddle stitch the leather
Buff and burnish the leather

At the end of the class you will leave with a beautiful accessory made from vegetable tanned leather and the satisfaction…

Things to remember

Everything is provided for the class but please do wear trousers. (This may seem an unusual request, but you need to sit on the stitching pony (the piece of equipment used for stitching) and it is most comfortable in trousers.

Working with leather is a great way to turn a…

Helen Newman - 19 February 2019

Amazing immersive experience! Lovely workshop, friendly welcome from Deborah and her talented teacher and tasty supper too. A key fob is a small thing so who would have guessed just how many techniques go into making a beautiful small leather masterpiece? Thumping holes into the leather was great for stress relief at the end of a working day and the sense of achievement at the end was so good. I organized this as a treat for my team - they all loved it and one signed up form the shoe making course immediately afterwards. So a huge success and highly, highly recommended.

Tim Bent - 9 February 2019

I loved the evening I spent with Carreducker trying to master hand-stitching a leather key-fob. Although I certainly failed to master it, I came away with a creation that I was proud of and thoroughly enjoyed the course. It's wet my appetite to learn more and wouldn't hesitate to return to do another. Fun, light-hearted and skilled; the team at CD made me feel at ease and very welcome.

2hrs 30min workshop1 class

from £89

Private BookingFor groups of 2 to 4 guests

£99

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Age Requirement

All students under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Flexible cancellation policy

Any class can be cancelled and fully refunded within 24 hours of purchase. See cancellation policy.

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Carréducker Shoe & Leather School

Carreducker are master handsewn shoemakers Deborah Carre and James Ducker, based in the iconic Oxo Tower Wharf on London's South Bank. The duo learned their craft the traditional way, as shoe making apprentices. Today, they make bespoke shoes for private customers and deliver the bespoke shoe service at Gieves & Hawkes on Savile Row.

Passionate for the heritage, handsewn craft and keen to share their skills, Carreducker have been teaching shoe making since 2006. James originally taught shoe making at Cordwainers College and Deborah was a visiting lecturer in shoe and accessory design at the London College of Fashion, so…

This workshop takes place in multiple different locations. Click on SEE DATES and select your Booking Option to see where each date takes place.

Carreducker

South Bank, London

Unit 1.20 Oxo Tower Wharf

Barge House Street

SE1 9PH

London