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UPDATE: I have been practicing my leatherworking with small leather pieces so here are some pictures. I also recently received my leather i plan on making the backpack with so I threw in a picture of that as well.

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The Main Project^

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Side/practice Projects^

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UPDATE: There isnt a whole lot to say other than I got a lot of work done over spring break but then the project got put on hold after school started again. So without further ado, I present to you all a whole bunch of progress pictures

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I originally was going to line the entire interior with this fabric but after realizing how difficult it was I decided to stick with only lining the sides

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First D-Ring

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Double stitched (not sure if that's the proper term) for extra security


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you oughta get rid of that speedy stitcher thing and use a proper saddle stitch on it best thing i ever did to improve my leatherwork.

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a little simplistic description (takes more than that for it to look good) but yes.

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I find that the two bottom corners are the hardest areas to get the stitching correct in. Does anyone have any advice to getting the corners to look smooth and correct?

Just noticed this thread and I had the same thought. I'm very much a beginner and one-after-the-other right angle corners have been a real hassel for me. I'm using a sewing machine so my experience might not be applicable to hand sewing.

To mitigate the problem, change the design, but still three pieces -- front piece, back and front flap piece, both with rounded corners, and a continuous gusset from one side, around the bottom and up the other side. Apply Tanner's bond leather craft cement and clamp before sewing. Rounded corners, gluing and clamping have made all the difference between scrap projects and keeper projects.

Use small, 40 cent spring clamps from Homedepot. I initially bought 20 and later an additional 20.

None of these are my original ideas, and most come from Arthur Porter's youtube video on making a messenger bag.

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