2.5

 Hello again! I finally got my leather in! Thankfully it has been a very productive week, and I have moved along very nicely with my action plan. Once I got the leather in I was able to measure out the width of the belt and get everything cut out and shaped. After everything was finally shaped out, I was able to put on a border and start out lining the bend for my belt buckle and the spots for the holes. I was very exited to get started tooling the belt, but Rehbein advised me to practice a bit first. I am definitely glad I did because it was kind of a mess and my lines were very uneven. Although I am happy to say that I got much better by the time I started my second practice piece and my lines were all pretty even. The pattern I am using for my belt is a basket weave with a crescent moon type of border. I tried a couple of different weave punches and border punches but I finally decided on ones that I liked. Hopefully next week I should get started on tooling my belt and then I can get all the holes punched out to line up with my buckle. I think that is all for now, see you all next week!

This is going to be the bend of the belt so it can fit my belt buckle. The dimensions are a little off but I just wanted a rough estimate of where the holes would be. 

The top of the belt was actually pretty hard to get the right angle for what I wanted, but I ended up settling on something that I liked. 

This is my second practice piece that I mentioned earlier. My lines actually turned out pretty straight for what I got through before class ended.