How Do I Line A Bag Using A Folded Edge?

[Hi Im Joe]

That clears things up. I didn't do a french seam where the inside is also folded over.

What I have is just two pieces of leather stitched grain side to grain side and then folded over

what I meant by my previous post is the thicker the leather that I'm going to be rolling over the more length I will need. For example I take tape and bend it over the edge to measure it out for the pattern, when I take that piece of leather cut from that measurement it will be slightly smaller then I need it since the thickness of the piece I'm rolling over doesnt bend as easily as tape. If only I had a skiving machine.

By rolling the edge I mean the way the front side of your wallet bends over the edge and stitches connect the back and front side. The picture below adding leather pieces in the middle.

You don't need to roll a tape measure over to figure it out. Just hold a ruler along the thickness and see how many mms it is. Or use a vernier gauge (https://www.google.com/search?q=vernier+gauge&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=gQuwU9_oEYOUqAbas4LADQ&ved=0CGUQsAQ&biw=1536&bih=860).

You don't need a skiving machine either. I've used a safety skiver for everything I've done so far and it works just fine. It just takes a lot longer than a machine. From a functional standpoint the result is just as good as a machine.

[silverwingit]

You can make an integral lining that is fully cemented to the primary leather or you can make a floating lining that is only attached at the zippers and/or seams.

Now, I'm not following the discussion so far as I am not fluent in "sew-speak." But I can easily understand Arthur Porter's videos. Here is the first in a series of six highly detailed instructional videos on how to make a fabric lined leather tote:

[Hi Im Joe]

Sew-speak?

[silverwingit]

Sew-speak: French seam, French bound edge, invisible seam, turnover/stitching allowance, etc. It's all Greek to me.

[Hi Im Joe]

Sew-speak: French seam, French bound edge, invisible seam, turnover/stitching allowance, etc. It's all Greek to me.

Ah! Its not so bad. Really it's fancy words for covering up a cut edge. That's it.

[leathervan]

If you do not glue the lining to the leather how do you get it attached? I am thinking in terms of a piece of leather with no lacing.

[Hi Im Joe]

If you do not glue the lining to the leather how do you get it attached? I am thinking in terms of a piece of leather with no lacing.

Usually you glue along the edge and then stitch it in.