Saturday July 6^th: Basic Tooling Class 10-Noon: Each student must provide the basic 7 tool set (or equivalent), mallet, modeling spoon and the desire to learn western floral carving. Once you take this 2 hour basic class you will have a better working knowledge of the proper techniques to lay out any floral pattern. With practice, you’ll begin to tool like a pro! Class fee: retail-$15, members-free

Saturday July 13^th: Sheridan Style Carving with Mike Monroe 10-Noon: Mike Monroe is a local leather crafter and Guild member who is fantastic at the Sheridan style tooling. You will be in awe of how skillful and beautiful Mike’s work can be! Lucky for us, he has agreed to share a bit of his knowledge and experience in this two hour class. Each student needs to bring a swivel knife, mallet, steep beveler, flower center, thumbprint (small to medium), leaf liner, small mulesfoot, veiner, petal lifter (or bevel lifter), backgrounder (or bar grounder). This class is for experienced toolers only! You must already know the basics! Class fee: retail-$30, members-$15

Saturday July 20^th: Oak Leaf Tooling with Chuck Berry 10-Noon: Chuck Berry is a local leather crafter and Guild member who has graciously agreed to share his knowledge through teaching a few classes. Chuck’s work is amazing and it’s such a treat to have him on as a guest teacher! Each student will need to bring pear shaders (P370 and P217), Bevelers (B199, B200, B701, B936), hairblade tool (optional if you bring B199), backgrounder/matting (A104 and E294), stylus, swivel knife, and a mallet/maul. This class is for experienced toolers only! You must already know the basics! Class fee: retail-$30, members-$15

Saturday July 27^th: Eagle Feather with Keith Hall, part 1 10-Noon: Keith Hall is a local leather crafter and Guild Member. Keith has created some truly fantastic works of art when it comes to leather! In this 2 part class, he will show you how to create an embossed eagle feather (see sample in store). You don’t want to miss this opportunity to create a work of art of your very own! We will provide the 8 x 20 piece of leather, the tracing film, leather dust, and rubber cement. Each student needs to bring a scalpel/x-acto knife, safety skiver, hair blade tool, and the following craft tools: F902, F890, F891, F895, F896, B892, B60, B202L, B202R, P972. This class is for experienced toolers only! You must already know the basics! Class fee: retail-$30, members-$15

Saturday August 3^rd: Eagle Feather with Keith Hall, part 2 10-Noon: The fun continues in the second part of Keith’s embossed eagle feather class! Please bring the same supplies unless otherwise told in the first class. You must take part 1 in order to attend part 2.

Saturday August 10^th: Basic Lacing and Stitching 10-Noon: In this 2 hour class we are going to teach you how to do double loop lacing, and how to saddle stitch with waxed thread. These are the two most basic and popular lacing/stitching techniques. Each student must provide a wing divider, a single prong and four prong lacing chisel, and a single prong and four prong stitching chisel. We will provide the needles, lace, thread and leather to learn with. Class fee: retail-$20, members-$10

Saturday August 10^th: Coloring and Finishing Demo 1-3 pm: This is not an actual class where you need to bring any tools or a project to work on, but more of a demonstration of HOW to use our new Eco-Flo products to get the look you want. There is always a big demand for this class so get here early if you want a seat at the table; otherwise you are welcome to stand and watch and ask questions. The class will start promptly at 10:00 and finish up pretty close to noon. This is an informal class where you watch a “show and tell” about all of our dyes, stains & finishes. There is no class fee for this workshop.

Saturday August 24^th: Basic Tooling Class 10-Noon: Each student must provide the basic 7 tool set (or equivalent), mallet, modeling spoon and the desire to learn western floral carving. Once you take this 2 hour basic class you will have a better working knowledge of the proper techniques to lay out any floral pattern. With practice, you’ll begin to tool like a pro! Class fee: retail: $15, members-free

Saturday August 24^th: Cuff Making Demo by Phillip Pizzi 10-Noon: Phillip Pizzi is a local leather crafter and owner of the “Cuff It Out” business. He has agreed to do a demo for us and we are excited!! This is an awesome opportunity to watch a master at work! His demo will be held out front in the main store, not the classroom. Phillip will cover the steps he goes through to make his cuffs, including things like shaping, sizing, edging, design aesthetics, machine stitching, metal and iron branding, bonding, cutting, dyeing and closures. If you’ve ever been interested in making your own bracelets, now is the time to come and learn! There is no fee for this demo.

Saturday August 31^st: Whip Making with Chuck Berry 10-3: Chuck Berry is a local leather crafter and Guild member who has graciously agreed to share his knowledge through teaching a few classes. Chuck’s work is amazing and it’s such a treat to have him on as a guest teacher! In this two hour class, he will cover the steps in making an Australian type whip. Students will be using burgundy latigo leather and all materials needed will be provided. Class fee is $30 for everyone

We have a lot of new and different classes going on for this schedule!! I hope everyone jumps on the opportunity to learn from some truly talented people! Come on guys, let’s fill these classes up!!