How to Buy Leather Scraps

Scrap Leather Clutch

If you're creating small leather crafts, finding good leather scraps can save you money. They're available in large groupings with a mixture of colors and finishes or you can choose smaller packages with leather scraps that more closely fit the needs of your project.

Things You'll Need

• Computer with Internet Connection
• Phone

Instructions

Craft Stores

1. Determine the size, color and weight of the leather you need. Some examples are cowhide, sheepskin and frogskin. These can come in different finishes including suede, embossed or patent leather. Leather's thickness is determined by its weight in ounces per square foot.

2. Consider your budget and the size of your project. Start visiting or contacting the retailers listed in the following steps. Compare how well each meets the needs of your project. Compare shipping costs if you're ordering online, and ask about return policies including who pays for return shipping.

3. Visit a Michaels or Hobby Lobby store in your area. Most craft stores sell leather scraps in small packages. Fabric outlets and fabric stores such as Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores also stock leather remnants grouped in pieces and packaged.

4. Go to a Tandy Leather Factory store. They sell leather remnants that can be purchased at the store or viewed online. Remnant supplies, sizes and colors vary, so call before you go.

5. Purchase leather remnants and scraps online at a reputable online dealer such as Justleather.com. Take a close look at the shipping and return policies before ordering.

6. Call leather and shoe-repair shops in your area and ask if you can look at the scraps they discard. Offer to pay for what they don't use, and you may be lining up a regular supplier.

7. Contact saddle and chap makers, who might be willing to sell you their scraps.

8. Choose the vendor that meets the needs of your project, which should include the quality of leather. One vendor may have a better price, but lesser quality may produce unsatisfactory results.

References

• Tandy Leather
• Leather Scraps for Sale

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish
• Extensive Supply of Leather Pieces and Remnants