Now the time consuming part.

I did use a sewing machine, because it is faster and it looks better, however it wouldn't take eternity to hand stitch it. Also I don't have a professional leather sewing machine. The leather I used is quite soft, so I was able to use an ordinary sewing machine, but I did use a special needle for it!

I used little pieces of scotch tape to hold the little leather pieces in place while sewing. And so I sewed on one piece after another..

While it seems that sewing machine makes the job easier, actually it's really boring to tie together all the loose ends of thread.