March Keep Making Stuff Challenge

[thefanninator]

tboyce's Drawstring Backpack is the pattern for March. Have fun!

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=59327

[Tinkerton]

Having a hard time understanding the instructions on this one.

[thefanninator]

What part? I've gone over it in my head a few times.

[broncobuster]

looks like a purse.

[TheLoudOne]

The picture is of a clutch the guy showed of a different design of Boyce's. This design is however more of a draw string bag not a backpack. A backpack has straps and a flap to keep the elements out.

[TheLoudOne]

https://www.jahn-lederwaren.de/images/produkte/i20/206750227-559-opu-rucksack-03.jpg

[electrathon]

Playing around with the pattern. It looks to me like the drawstring is ran through a fold over seam along the top of the bag. This is likely problematic as the leather will not compress far enough to allow the top of the bag to fully close. I think grommet holes similar to the backpack pictures posted in the thread will likely work better to close the top fully. Any other input or ideas on this? I am going to try getting involved in the challenge this month.

[thefanninator]

I'll be working on mine this week. It may not fully close. As in the other challenges feel free to alter to your taste.

[thefanninator]

Anyone working on this? Currently working on mine. Hitting a few bumps.

I think my 2.5 oz is too thick to draw it closed but we'll see when I'm finished.

36" rope is probably too short.

The triangle gromments don't go on very easy due to the sides being stitched inside out.

[TRHLeather]

Well, better late than never. I finally finished my dopp bag that was February's challenge. I was away for two weeks vacation in Feb and came home to massive amounts of snow. I'm not sure what is going to give out first, the snow or my back. between Sunday and today, we got 29 inches of snow at my house in Nova Scotia.

Now to start the project for March lol.

Edited March 19, 2015 by TRHLeather