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Good work, and welcome to the forum!! The edges look good, and I like the natural color

You have amazingly sharp eyes @YinTx!!! Fortunately, it is a by-product of my German Shepherd, who seems to be a perpetual fur generating machine. I also often end up with the super fine black fur of one of my other dogs stuck in my stitching. the sketch is for a tab to fold in half around the zipper pull. The photo distorts the scale a bit, it’s actually less an inch in width. I’m trying to echo the geometric shape of the handle attachments, to keep a consistent theme. It’s my first go at one, so will see how it goes! thank you so much for your kind words! I’m hoping it turns out ok

Thanks! Yes, will be a turned bag, but there is an extra panel for the gusset / zip not shown in the photo that will form the top and sides after the main piece is folded up to form the bottom / front / back. Next fun part is stitching all that together lol. I decided to do a fabric lining, which I’ll attach by hand after the outer leather shell of the bag is complete (probably along the inside zipper tape and at strategic seam points).

Also got a head start on drafting zipper pulls for the top zip (RiRi 6mm, black with silver teeth)

Survived another work week, and enjoying a chance to get back working on my travel bag again. I prepared the piping slightly differently this time; folded about a 4cm strip in half, glued, then trimmed down to a 1cm width using my trusty knip knife (soooooo sharp, have the cuts to prove it lol). I then lined up the piping edge with the edge of the body pieces, should give a 3 - 4mm piping. Half-way through gluing the piping on, with a close up of the corners to show the clipping to allow ease on the turn.

Are you taking orders for your boxes??!

Good luck, and I’m curious to see how it goes!

Amazing work!

Nice work! I assume you drafted the pattern yourself?

Cognac received, amazing quality and color, thank you!

I’m always humbled and amazed at the knowledge shared on this site. We use HDPE for manufacturing at my work, but hadn’t thought of it in the context of storage, especially vis-à-vis PVC. Maybe I need to revise hubby’s building project to include tubes as well

That’s a great idea, thank you! Reminds me of the holders you see in stores that sell a lot of rugs. Now, to task hubby with a building project...

Great work!

Interesting, hadn’t thought of that. Maybe wrapping in some acid-free tissue paper would help? I’ve been looking at setting up some large cardboard tubes in a rack system on a wall (I work out of a basement as well, with an aquarium which doesn’t help much either

Thanks for that, great idea using the pigskin. Nice bag, too! I’m just doubling over the calf leather, trimming to 1cm wide, and seeing if I can punch the stitch line accurately enough once it’s in the seam so that the piping still looks even.

Thanks! You and me, both! Have been working on samples for my piping, otherwise I’m sure to screw it up somehow....getting close though to bringing it all together

Thank you! Much appreciated

Pm sent.

Made some progress today, before diverting to fill an order from hubby for another iPhone sleeve . Managed to get one handle stitched on for the bag, and half of the zip in the gusset stitched. For the record, I hate stitching zips. They look so nice laying on the bench, then you shift it to the pony and they get a life of their own lol. Also prepped the piping; fingers crossed it’s long enough.

After breaking three screens on his precious iPhone, hubby finally got a protective case. Which meant that he needed a new leather sleeve to fit the phone with the case. Used some great embossed calf (thanks @nstarleather!), 0.8mm tiger thread at 8 spi, and just burnished / waxed the edges (hubby doesn’t like edge paint).

Thanks! Ha, I wish! There are many cuss words involved lol I managed to edge paint my shirt today. That paint really does have good holding power.....

So, finally made it back to the bench after a long week. Feel like I’m starting to make some progress again. Have glued the zip in, and punched the stitching holes ready for sewing (so much stitching ahead!). Also glued on the first handle ready for punching and stitching tomorrow. Next on the list is to finish the edging on the other handle, then motivate myself to cut 5 yards of strap for piping

Beautiful work, and I actually like the softer leather. Gives it a warm feel.

Likewise, I glue the zip to the leather, then use my stitching irons to punch the holes through both leather and cloth zipper tape. On a similar style bag, I skived the long edge and folded under for a clean finish and some extra firmness along the zipper.