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| - We had a large group of girls for a private leather workshop party. We communicated with Isla who was prompt to reply and very helpful in arranging the workshop for us with the instructors. The Make Den charged us hourly and we purchased our own materials for the leather belts. Initially We hoped to make something a wallet or a clutch but the sewing involved would mean we couldn't personalize and dye our product within the 3 hours time. We were skeptical but we believed them - and when we finally got to creating our own belts from scratch, we realized that it really does take that much time to learn and practice some of the skills and create our belts.
It was a really educational, physically demanding and fun session haha. It wasn't a half ass workshop and worth every penny - from measuring and cutting leather, bevelling, punching holes, dying the leather to finally attaching the hardware and personalizing our belts with our own stamps/logos (celebrating the completion of our project with lots of wine and bubbles ;)), we had so much fun. Because we had 11, we needed the two classrooms upstairs. It was quite hot without air conditioning so be sure to dress lightly. It took us a total of 3 hours to make our own belts but I feel that the workshop and work area could have been more organized and taken a shorter amount of time because there seem to not have been enough supplies or either instructor didn't know where certain supplies were stored. For our safety and to ensure we do the steps correctly, the instructors had to help us one on one. I guess given the tight space and our large party, it was almost as efficient as it could have been. Would I want to go for another private event here - definitely yes! They have regular classes too that require weekly commitments and the finished products (eg backpacks, clutches, etc) that we saw hanging on the walls were beautiful. They are moving to a new location so they do have discount codes available for their workshops. If I have the time, I would totally go to these workshops in the future.
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