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Course Overview
Skills Inventory
Supplies List
Watchband Patterns
What You'll Make
Get to Know the Watch Parts
Picking Your Leather
Leather Selection Cheat Sheet for Watchband Projects
Cutting the Leather
Skiving and Edging the Filler
Gluing the Fillers
Prepping the Cover Pieces
Adhering the Pieces
Trimming
Building the Keepers
Edging, Burnishing, and Stitching the Keepers
Finished Keeper Close Up
Skiving the Fold Over Pieces
Adhering the Fold Over Pieces
Chiseling the Stitching Holes
Handstitching the Long Piece
Handstitching the Short Piece
Edging the Band
Final Steps
What You'll Make
Apple Watch Hardware Overview
Cutting the Leather
Determining Fit
Adhering, Trimming, and Skiving
Folding Over, Edging and Burnishing
Chiseling
Handstitching (And Learning Moment)
Installing the Hardware and Keepers
Course Wrap-Up
Watchband Build Checklist
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The Ultimate Leathercraft Course Library ($12,800 Value)
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Downloadable Patterns, Checklists, and Guides ($500 Value)
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Exclusive Artisan Community ($500 Value)
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Monthly Course Drops ($1,200 Value)
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Monthly Live Q&A Sessions with Master Leather Artisans ($1,200 Value)
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Illume eMagazine Subscription ($35 Value)
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Little Black Book of Suppliers ($100 Value)
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The Ultimate Business Playbook ($1,000 Value)
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