New tote bag

[Fraulein]

Hey all! Haven't posted anything on the forum in awhile but thought I'd share one of my recent projects. Put this little tote bag together in a couple hours for a last minute birthday present for mom. I never have ideas for what to make people till it's almost too late to get them done lol! 

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. This was my first try at decorative stitching and I really like how it looks.

One unique feature that I'm really liking on this is that I used a really long zipper which enabled the zipper flaps to fold down completely out of the way on the inside so there's an option to leave it as an open top bag or zippered.

Thanks for looking! Always open to tips and suggestions!

[Gezzer]

Looks great and clever design  .

[Fraulein]

2 hours ago, Gezzer said:

Looks great and clever design  .

Thanks!

[Hags]

Pretty nice!

[SteveOz]

@Fraulein Nice work, I'm sure your mum loved it!

[Paulin631]

Beautiful bag. Im new to leather. I've been working on my first tote. Takes a bit of time to gather all supplies and research. I hope to make a bag like yours someday. Hand skiving large pieces holding me back right now.

[PastorBob]

Nicely done.  that is sharp.

[Handstitched]

14 hours ago, Fraulein said:

Put this little tote bag together in a couple hours for a last minute birthday present for mom.

The best gifts are the ones we make ourselves 

Thats very nicely done. I can't fault that at all .

Maybe a matching monogrammed  key ring with the same leather   perhaps ?   

HS

[chuck123wapati]

beautiful work, I'm thinking matching pocket book next.

[Heartless]

Very nice! I like the zipper idea.

[Fraulein]

14 hours ago, Hags said:

Pretty nice!

Thank you!

13 hours ago, SteveOz said:

@Fraulein Nice work, I'm sure your mum loved it!

Thank you! She was over the moon about it!

5 hours ago, Paulin631 said:

Beautiful bag. Im new to leather. I've been working on my first tote. Takes a bit of time to gather all supplies and research. I hope to make a bag like yours someday. Hand skiving large pieces holding me back right now.

Thank you! Make sure and post pics when you finish yours! Definitely takes some time to get going with leather, but every project will get easier. Keep at it!

5 hours ago, PastorBob said:

Nicely done.  that is sharp.

Thanks!

5 hours ago, Handstitched said:

The best gifts are the ones we make ourselves 

Thats very nicely done. I can't fault that at all .

Maybe a matching monogrammed  key ring with the same leather   perhaps ?   

HS

Thanks! Might be on to something with that key ring, now if I only remember it when the next holiday comes around...

4 hours ago, chuck123wapati said:

beautiful work, I'm thinking matching pocket book next.

Thank you! Pocket book is a tempting idea too, might have to try both... 

32 minutes ago, Heartless said:

Very nice! I like the zipper idea.

Thank you! The zipper thing just kinda happened, didn't start out with a plan to do that, but started looking at how it was coming together and the idea formed itself

[Bert03241]

Ok it is a beautiful bag BUT I havta ask after going thru all the work on the piping on the bag why on earth did you leave the edge's on the handle and patch unfinished ???

[Fraulein]

3 hours ago, Bert03241 said:

Ok it is a beautiful bag BUT I havta ask after going thru all the work on the piping on the bag why on earth did you leave the edge's on the handle and patch unfinished ???

Actually I did try but didn't have much success trying to burnish the edges. I tried gum Trag and it just didn't really seem to do anything when I tried to burnish it. So any advice on that would be greatly appreciated