I've seen so many great leather working projects on this site! However, I have absolutely no experience with leather working, and being a full time engineering student, I have never had the time to get into a new hobby. From what I've seen,leather working requires a few tools, none of which I have right now.

A few weeks ago, I came across this great instructable on making Leather Watch Straps, by nikolas1614. And I love watches, so when I saw that beautiful watch strap, I knew I wanted to make my own!

That's how I came up with these watch straps. I decided to use denim instead of leather by repurposing one of my old jeans. Making these is super simple and they cost nearly nothing. Plus, making one set of straps takes just around an hour!

(Alternatively, you could use any material of your choice-think old backpacks, canvas, jackets, blazers, whatever! With wearable technology booming right now, and new smart watches being released almost every month, you could change the watch face and put on a matching strap to have a (almost) new watch every day! )

Before we begin, there are a few things I would like to tell you: