Captain Jackson's Bucket Leather Pencil Cup Pattern: Desk Organizer PDF

Captain Jackson's Bucket is a beginner-friendly leather pencil cup pattern inspired by a larger handmade bucket design. The finished desk organizer is made for holding pencils, pens, seam rippers, brushes, and other small tools or stationery while adding a distinctive leather bucket shape to the workspace. The pattern is designed for hand stitching and includes A4 and US Letter PDF files with illustrated assembly instructions.

This listing is for a digital download of a printable leather PDF pattern (template) for a DIY project, not the actual physical product!

100% human-made patterns. Every design is created, drafted, prototyped, built, and tested by me. No AI-generated patterns. I create original PDF patterns for hand-stitched leather bags, backpacks, accessories, home decor, corsets, hats, and other leather projects. I have been doing leatherwork since 2016 after working as a graphic designer since 1998.

ABOUT THE PATTERN:

I had all my pencils, seam rippers and other small items all over my cutting table, so I decided I needed a pencil cup. A friend of mine made a large bucket for himself and let me borrow some ideas from it - and I named this design after him.

This is a quick and easy project, which is fun to make, and it can be a perfect gift, too!


Difficulty: beginner.
Formats: A4 and USLetter.
Instructions with pictures included.

The pattern has stitching holes marked for 5 SPI stitching irons (5 stitches per inch, or approximately 5.2 mm). 5 mm stitching irons made by metric system sometimes fit, sometimes they don’t (depending on manufacturer). If you have 5 mm irons and the spacing seems a tad too large for them you can print the pattern at 96.2% scale. I advise to print one page and try your irons to see how they fit before printing the entire pattern.

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Materials:
Here is what I used: a 6 oz veg tan for the body, a 3-4oz bridle veg tan for the stripes, and 3-4 oz veg tan for the bottom rim. The holes are 3/8” and you will need a piece of rope that would fit this diameter. Of course you can adjust this according to what you have. If you have 1/4” rope make smaller holes.

Tools:

Scissors, knife (paper knife or rotary cutter would also work).
Stitching irons: my pattern is made for 5mm stitching irons (5 stitches per inch). If you
are willing to use any other size please make sure that the hole count is the same where
it has to be the same.
Needles - according to your thread size, a pair of harness needles.
Mallet, hole punch, small hook (to get the rope through the holes).

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