2 New Purses I Designed And A Phone Case

[Chief31794]

1 purse from soft leather, I'd been wanting to design one of these for some time, caught some material on sale at SLC and went for it, got three sides. The other purse and phone case are going to a Mother/Daughter (daughter gets the purse with the phone case and Mom gets the phone case), the purse is 8" X 10" with a 3" gusset, the phone cases are for a galaxy 5S with Otter cover (man they're BIG), the phone case has a detachable swivel clip which is what she wanted. The later purse and phone cases are lined with Faille Fabric.

Chief

[Rohn]

Nice stuff there Ken. I always enjoy seeing your projects.

[DoubleC]

So do I. Nice stuff. Love the first purse, clean lines, simple and elegant. Cheryl

[Chief31794]

Nice stuff there Ken. I always enjoy seeing your projects.

Thanks Rohn, as do I yours.

So do I. Nice stuff. Love the first purse, clean lines, simple and elegant. Cheryl

Thanks Cheryl, it's not hard to make, cut it out, fold and glue all the edges, then I hand sew the gusset to the front and back, makes cleaner lines inside and it's hard to get them aligned correctly when sewing on a machine, at least for me. I machine sewed the strap, the d-ring retainers, and all the exposed edges, that would have been a lot of hand sewing.

Chief

[Nandy]

Chief, nice work, I can only hope to achieve your skill. Can you tell me about your seal, how did you went around to build it? If you rather pm about it so we dont dilute your original post that would be fine.... I have tags for my fabric works but leather is new to me.

[Chief31794]

The maker's mark on these items was done with a stamp from Blackriverlaser.com, they are a member here and they also advertise on this site. I have two from them that I really like, I have one from Grey Ghost as well, it does a good job also. I have one from Phillips Engraving but I don't like it as well, the resulting stamp doesn't look as good, it could be the font I chose but I just don't care for it. My favorites of all of them are the ones from Blackriverlaser.com.

Thanks,

Chief

[Nandy]

Thanks!!!!

[Bob Blea]

Chief, those are really impressive. You give me something to aspire to right there. Nice work!

[Chief31794]

Chief, those are really impressive. You give me something to aspire to right there. Nice work!

Bob, very kind indeed, particularly since I have aspirations to get my carvings as clean and perfect as yours.

Thanks,

Chief