DIY Leather Back Quiver

Ever wanted a leather quiver but thought you could never make it? This was my first leather project and I had not much past experience with leather and it was pretty easy to make! Great for costumes or a sturdy leather back quiver. This was my first instructable so any comments would be appreciated. Also Vote if you want!

Go reclaim the outdoors, like in the good o'l days

For this project I challenged myself only to use leather offcuts I had bought at a stock show in Denver. The main piece was a 30cm by 60cm which was the basis for the projects main body. I used 3mm thick leather, which was probably to thick for the tooling. The leather can be bought from Tandy or any other leather dealing place.

Cutting

I found for the cutting the best way was to use a swiss army knife and steel ruler to score and sharp scissors to cut it out. I'm new to this stuff so could if you have any suggestions.... Anyway, the quiver was made from 7 pieces of leather which were then hand sewed in the end

• Main body, the base.
• Bottom piece
• Strap
• Bottom piece
• Top Piece
• Pocket
• Pocket top

Sorry I didn't take take all measurements but it's all based on what you want.

Drilling

I did not have access to a leather punch so I got one of my Dads sharp drill bits and got all holes drilled in around half an hour. It would have been much better if I had punched them.

• Great method for drilling the holes perfectly if to use a peice of footlong mecano or other building set. (the holes are perfectly spaced and even)

Designs

For this quiver I wanted the designs to be natural and not man made. I settled with a deer on the bottom piece and my initials on the top. these were all done with 3 punches that came with the Tandy Leather starter kit. I totally forgot to soak the leather before tooling, so my imprints were not very deep. This step was probably the most fun. The imprints were on the bottom piece, top piece, pocket and strap.

Makes time go Fast!

This was definitely the most painful step! the way I did the stitching I think was wrong. I went in and out a, missing every second gap. Then back through the other way. If anyone has better ideas you know what to do. I stitched on the bottom and the top reinforcement first. I then proceeded on to do the pockets. I was going to use thonging but realised that I didn't have enough for the whole project. Next I did the middle stitch, for this I was originally going to only do 1 stitch for this but did 2 in the end.

Bottom

Same for this, I was going to use thonging. I researched and found that the way I did it was the best way of attaching it to the quivers body.

*NOTE* If you are going to use broad heads then glue another layer of leather to your bottom as reinforcements.

Straps

I found that putting on the straps depended on how much weight you were going to carry.

I just criss-crossed some lace in and out of 4 holes that I punched.

Now that you have finished your quiver add it to your costume or go out bow hunting with it. Really up to you!

Go and reclaim the outdoors!