Western Purse (work in progress)

[bladegrinder]

That looks awesome!

[Cattleman]

12 minutes ago, bladegrinder said:

That looks awesome!

Thank you.

If it looked awesome before antique, it should look even better now...

 

Now all the little details really jump out and give it some real depth.

1 hour ago, BigBore said:

Stunning work. Appreciate you taking the time to bring us along with the progress pics. 

Thank you, and my pleasure.

[Cattleman]

So today I managed to get both the main body panels lined and the front body panel sewn to the gusset. It's finally starting to resemble a bag!!!

[AlZilla]

@Cattleman, is the white on the flowers dye, or paint?

The antiquing definitely brought out details in the flower petals. It's a pretty versatile but unpredictable thing, in my limited experience.

[Cattleman]

8 minutes ago, AlZilla said:

@Cattleman, is the white on the flowers dye, or paint?

The antiquing definitely brought out details in the flower petals. It's a pretty versatile but unpredictable thing, in my limited experience.

No dye or paint on the flowers or vine work... Your probably seeing the light reflecting off the top coat.

[AlZilla]

27 minutes ago, Cattleman said:

No dye or paint on the flowers or vine work... Your probably seeing the light reflecting off the top coat.

Interesting. Between this post:
https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/118068-western-purse-work-in-progress/?do=findComment&comment=749613

And this one:
https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/118068-western-purse-work-in-progress/?do=findComment&comment=749627

The flower petals turned white. But apparently, they didn't. The surrounding background turned brown.

Fun lesson.

[Cattleman]

2 hours ago, AlZilla said:

Interesting. Between this post:
https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/118068-western-purse-work-in-progress/?do=findComment&comment=749613

And this one:
https://leatherworker.net/forum/topic/118068-western-purse-work-in-progress/?do=findComment&comment=749627

The flower petals turned white. But apparently, they didn't. The surrounding background turned brown.

Fun lesson.

Lol... Funny how when you're focused on a particular feature, the rest just kinda disappears... Until it changes.

[Cattleman]

It has officially become a bag...

Still have some edging and dye work to do, as well as a buckle and strap. But I'm currently waiting on some hardware I ordered.

[AlZilla]

There's a lot to like about that purse.  I'll suggest that maybe the backside of the strap get some kind of treatment. It's the only piece of raw leather I can see.

Also, if you get another one, interior pockets always seem to be a big hit with the wimmin. Cell phones, pens, that sort of thing.

Very nice project. Thanks for the blow by blow report.

[Cattleman]

1 minute ago, AlZilla said:

There's a lot to like about that purse.  I'll suggest that maybe the backside of the strap get some kind of treatment. It's the only piece of raw leather I can see.

Also, if you get another one, interior pockets always seem to be a big hit with the wimmin. Cell phones, pens, that sort of thing.

Very nice project. Thanks for the blow by blow report.

Thank you.

I did consider dying the back side of the strap, but decided against it as I dont want the dye to transfere to the tooling. I instead slicked it with some tokonole, as it will not be visiable most of the time. The shoulder strap will however be dyed on both sides.