Help With Single Gusset (I Think)

[Richard M]

Hi

New to leather work and the forum and looking for some help and advice.

I would like to make a bag similar to the one in this picture attached but can not figure out the best way to get the gusset to form the nice rounded corners and the correct technique to do it.

A search on this forum and google has not been successful (wrong terms I knowing me), so apologies if its been asked before.

I look forward to the help

[YinTx]

Check out Armitage Leather's video, around the 24 minute mark. The rest of his video may be useful for you as well if you are making this bag.

YinTx

[Richard M]

Thanks for the reply.

Would I be right in thinking the gusset piece is a thinner weight of leather than front and back?

[YinTx]

I'll let someone that actually knows the answer to this one give you a better reply, but judging from the video, it looks like he cut it all from the same hide of leather....

YinTx

[25b]

I made the bag in Nigel's video and used all the same hide for mine...

[SantaFeMarie]

Here is a link to the site where that pattern is sold:

http://www.lzpattern.com/leather-bag-patterns-catagory

You could ask them, since they've obviously made it at least once, in order to create the item shown in the photo.

If you do, and you get a response, could you let us know what they say? Because that is a nice bag!!

[25b]

Ok, maybe I wasn't clear.

I bought the pattern from Nigel and using his videos, I made the exact same bag in the videos. I used all exactly the same leather for all parts, including the strap (except I made my strap double-sided)...

[TwinOaks]

The bag pictured in the OP uses the same thickness for the sides as the front and back. A close look at the edges reveals that.

To make that type bag, be sure that your corners have the same radii, then glue the gusset in. You'll sew through the glue. To keep the gusset in place while the glued gusset dries, use binder clips (you might need some scrap pieces to keep from marring the leather). To do the actual sewing, do one side first, all the way around, and then shift the sewn piece a little to the side as you sew the other side in. Or use a curved needle.

[DavidL]

If the leather is too thin it will not hold itself up like it is in the picture. Using a draping type of chrome tan wouldn't work too well, too stiff maybe not so good.

Someone else may be able to confirm if using the belly is okay for the gusset. I would imagine the front and back pieces would use the best pieces. The gusset would need a good piece but slight grain imperfections may be allowed depending on what you are after.

[DANDTON]

  On 4/9/2015 at 6:37 PM, Richard M said:

Hi

New to leather work and the forum and looking for some help and advice.

I would like to make a bag similar to the one in this picture attached but can not figure out the best way to get the gusset to form the nice rounded corners and the correct technique to do it.

A search on this forum and google has not been successful (wrong terms I knowing me), so apologies if its been asked before.

I look forward to the help

One of my guest change the construction a little and send me a tutorial, let me share you here

Look at the pictures in the attachment, I named them as aaa bbb ccc ddd eee fff ggg hhh ggg, so you can follow the alphabet order as the steps.