Making a leather archery back quiver tooled with a traditional western floral carving

Years ago I was making some stock for a craft and art show and I made several variations of archery quivers. Recently someone found a sold listing on Etsy for one of those quivers and requested that I make another one like it. It has been at least 8 years since I made one of these. Luckily I am a pack rat when it comes to keeping old leather patterns. This quiver is made from 4 oz oiled leather with 7-8 oz vegetable tanned leather for the straps and carved top piece. It has a gusseted pouch with a flap and an open topped pocket behind that pouch for carrying extra things like arm guards, bow strings or a stringer. The pouch was machine sewn which I unfortunately did not manage to get footage of. The rest of the quiver was assembled with 1\4 inch leather lace cut from the same 4 oz oiled leather side.
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[@vincentsolomon3393]

That was such a nice quiver!!! I am still working on my archery skills and hope that I get good with leather work as well!😁

[@bransonsgeneralstore]

Thank you.

[@enyort1684]

Hello, It's really a beautiful work of art!. I was wondering what kind of sewing machine do you use? I notice that you have mentioned a couple of times in your videos.

[@bransonsgeneralstore]

I have a couple of them that I use. An old industrial Singer machine for cloth or light leather. And a Cobra class 4 for anything from about 5oz leather up to stacks of leather 3/4 of an inch thick. The Cobra is made by Leather Machines leathermachineco.com/

[@scottdunn6308]

She's a Beautiful!!

[@bransonsgeneralstore]

Thank you! Thanks for watching!

[@karenmurray3098]

very nice !!

[@bransonsgeneralstore]

Thank you!

[@sunnyjacksmack]

Damn

[@suehearon4877]

This video is ok but the part I needed ….sewing the pocket together….is not there😢

[@bransonsgeneralstore]

Sorry about that. I some how did not get it filmed. Probably paying too much attention to the project and not enough the camera. I put the front piece on the back plate and lightly mark a line around it, then I mark another line about 1/2 inch inside of that outline. I line the edge of the gusset up with the inner line as I stitch it to the back with the grain or right sides together. The stitch line should be near the first outer line. I turn these pieces so the gusset is inside out and the back plate has it's edges folded in. Then I stitch the front of the pouch on to the gusset grain/right sides together. You should wind up with an inside out pouch with the back piece reversed and the edges of the back piece stuffed inside the pouch. Turn the front and gusset right side out, and stitch the flap to the back across the top of the pouch opening.

[@billhunt5407]

Is a pattern for this quiver available?

[@bransonsgeneralstore]

Not yet, but I am working on digitizing it and might have one soon.

[@bransonsgeneralstore]

The pattern is now available on Etsy at www.etsy.com/listing/884321073/pattern-for-leather-archery-quiver