Horween Tumbled Essex Bag

[9tpi]

Hello everyone

Here is a recent woman's bag I made using tumbled Horween Essex. The leather is about 6/7oz and slightly spongy.

Its sewn at 6 spi (7 tpi) with fil au chinois linen thread; size 432

Fully lined with interior pocket.

 

 

And a shot of the hide 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking

Edited March 18, 2017 by 9tpi

[YinTx]

That is some seriously nice work!  

YinTx

[bikermutt07]

Wow, just...... Flawless.

[gigi]

Awesome, great looking bag!

[sunflower]

Love your bag. One l would love to aspire to.  Would love to hear how you did the handles.

[RockyAussie]

Well done. I bet you had some fun doing the edging on it though.

[battlemunky]

Really nice piece!

[LeatherBeast]

This is beautiful craftsmanship! I can tell you spent some time on getting the details just right. 

[Tommo]

Fantastic...looks like a high end professional piece of work!

[DJole]

Oh, my....that's some mighty craftsmanship there! Well done, indeed!

[robbied]

That is amazing!

 

[venator]

Gorgeous!  Is it a turned or drop in lining?

[motocouture]

Amazing work!

[9tpi]

On 3/18/2017 at 1:43 PM, YinTx said:

That is some seriously nice work!  

YinTx

Thank you. 

On 3/18/2017 at 1:50 PM, bikermutt07 said:

Wow, just...... Flawless.

Far from flawless lol, but thank you very much!

On 3/18/2017 at 4:32 PM, gigi said:

Awesome, great looking bag!

Thank you!

[9tpi]

On 3/18/2017 at 5:37 PM, sunflower said:

Love your bag. One l would love to aspire to.  Would love to hear how you did the handles.

They are a "filled handle" you can use rope or tubing. Roll the leather around it and sew it all up!

On 3/18/2017 at 7:17 PM, RockyAussie said:

Well done. I bet you had some fun doing the edging on it though.

Thank you very much. Some people love the edging process, to be honest, I despise it lol!

On 3/18/2017 at 8:49 PM, battlemunky said:

Really nice piece!

Thank you

[9tpi]

19 hours ago, LeatherBeast said:

This is beautiful craftsmanship! I can tell you spent some time on getting the details just right. 

Thanks or the kind words.

Yes, as we all know one you make a cut or a punch there is no going back.

I spend more time planning my next move than I do the move itself. 

16 hours ago, Tommo said:

Fantastic...looks like a high end professional piece of work!

Thank you very much

15 hours ago, DJole said:

Oh, my....that's some mighty craftsmanship there! Well done, indeed!

Thanks DJole!

12 hours ago, robbied said:

That is amazing!

 

Thanks very much

[9tpi]

11 hours ago, venator said:

Gorgeous!  Is it a turned or drop in lining?

Thanks! Yes i guess you could say its a dropped in lining. I personally, don't know the terms, just how i do them.

4 hours ago, nstarleather said:

Beautiful, I love that leather!

I could not agree more. Its the main reason why this bag was a success. 

31 minutes ago, motocouture said:

Amazing work!

Thanks!

[venator]

What did you use to finish the edges on it?

 

[Stetson912]

Whoa, that's awesome. May I ask how you did the lining? I haven't made a bag before but I'm going to soon and that is the thing holding me up. You did a fantastic job on this bag. 

[9tpi]

1 hour ago, venator said:

What did you use to finish the edges on it?

 

I do my best to line everything up as square as possible. Then I use  edge paint; sanding between each coat. A little assistance from my hot iron as well.

[9tpi]

1 hour ago, Stetson912 said:

Whoa, that's awesome. May I ask how you did the lining? I haven't made a bag before but I'm going to soon and that is the thing holding me up. You did a fantastic job on this bag. 

With this particular bag the lining is essentially a "bag within a bag". Nothing too complex. Its just a matter of clean execution. lots of checking and re-checking my measurements.

[Stetson912]

Ah ok, so make a bag the same dimensions as the main bag? Then drop it in and stitch around the top? Yu our have trim pieces around the top of the liner which is a good idea I think. But that's the basic principles right? 

[venator]

4 minutes ago, Stetson912 said:

Ah ok, so make a bag the same dimensions as the main bag? Then drop it in and stitch around the top? Yu our have trim pieces around the top of the liner which is a good idea I think. But that's the basic principles right? 

 

1 hour ago, 9tpi said:

With this particular bag the lining is essentially a "bag within a bag". Nothing too complex. Its just a matter of clean execution. lots of checking and re-checking my measurements.

it sounds like this is a drop in lining.  depending on whether you're hand or machine sewing and how you feel about finishing edges it's one of the two options.  The other is a turned lining.

This video gives a great explanation how to do both.  Because she's using fabric she turns the top edges of both bag and lining to ensure no raw edges are visible, with leather you don't have to do that (as seen in this gorgeous bag we're all so taken with).  If you do turn them a turned lining is a lot easier as it's less thickness to sew through, a drop in requires a heavier machine.  I did my tote (look at my thread here in show off) with a turned lining.

 

 

 

[Sofaspud]

Absolutely beautiful.  Fine craftsmanship. You should be very proud of this piece.

[9tpi]

8 hours ago, Sofaspud said:

Absolutely beautiful.  Fine craftsmanship. You should be very proud of this piece.

Thank you for the kind words.