Essential steps June 7, 2013Blog, Jessica's Posts, New Products, Other Bags, Women's Bags, WorkshopApple, cork, environmentally friendly, ereader, handbags, ipad, Made in Canada, Production, tablet, veg tanned leatherJessica The next stage is preparing the leather for stitching. If it’s too thick, it needs to be split down to something more manageable. Some pieces will need further thinning and for that we use the skiving machine.