THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT
To complete this tutorial, you will need:
- 1 piece of CLASSIC natural vegetable tanned collar leather - Thickness 1.6mm - 15 x 20 cm
- 1 box of 8m of MeiSi super fine waxed linen thread M60 - 0.65 mm
- 1 set of 5 T3 screw collar buttons - Aged brass with 3 x 5 mm screws
- 1 round carabiner - Aged brass - Ø16.5 mm
- 2 saddler needles - Round end - John James - Size 1.1mm - 1/0
- 1 pot of tragacanth gum for edge finishing - Deco Cuir
And the following equipment:
- 2 cookie cutters to punch - Ø 1.5 and 3 mm
- 1 mallet
- 1 cutter
- 1 bar of beeswax
- Olive oil
1. DYE LEATHER WITH OLIVE OIL
Using a large brush, tint the natural vegetable tanned leather with olive oil. Apply at least 2 coats to the grain of the leather, trying to apply the same amount of oil everywhere and always going in the same direction.
Leave the oil to soak into the leather for at least a day and if possible in front of a window.
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2. CUT THE LEATHER
Download the pattern and print it in full size.
Cut out the paper pattern, leaving approximately 1 cm of margin around the pieces. Then tape, using masking tape (so as not to damage the leather), the pattern to the piece of leather. 
Pierce the sewing holes indicated on the pattern using a round punch cutter 1.5 mm in diameter. 
Drill the holes for the collar button using a 3 mm diameter round punch. Consider making the 3 mm incision at the level of the head of the collar button.
If you have a cookie cutter of around 10 mm, drill the hole for the charger, otherwise cut out a rectangle with a cutter.
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Cut out the different pieces with a cutter, following the lines. 
3. WORK THE SLICES
Work the slices with tragacanth gum or tokonole. Apply and allow the product to penetrate the edge, then rub briskly with a cloth or a wipe. The slice will brown and shine.
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4. NOURISH THE LEATHER
Apply a thin layer of grease or oil evenly with a cloth (here Trimadel Panda Blonde Grease).
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5. PUT ON THE COLLAR BUTTON
Screw the collar button into the 3mm hole.
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6. SEW THE AIRPODS CASE
There are 5 seams: the tongue and the 4 corners. Cut 5 threads, 5 times larger than the length to be sewn. Then, wax the linen threads with beeswax. Thread a needle into each end of the threads.
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Glue the two ends of the tab together then sew piece #2 (the tab) onto piece #1. To start sewing: pass the thread through the first hole and even out the threads. Sew by passing each needle through each hole one by one. Finish the seam with 3 double stitches (bartack stitches) and cut the thread flush.
To learn more about sewing leather “made easy,” check out our guide:
SEE THE SIMPLIFIED SEWING GUIDE >
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Glue the ends of pieces no. 3 and no. 4 edge to edge on piece no. 1 then sew the sides. 
ADD THE ROUND CARABINER INTO THE TAB.
YOU HAVE FINISHED YOUR AIRPODS CASE!
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