Cattle Skull Purse with Fringe.

[MendellLeatherOK]

Finally got around to making myself a purse! I made it a bit big, but oh well. It measures 14x14 with 4in gussets. Zipper in the top.

Strap pattern is from Don Gonzales and skull pattern is from Ride Hard Leather. 

 

 

[ByNelson]

Beautiful work 

[Stetson912]

Hot dog! That's a purdy purse. Did you line it at all? I like the tooling and the blue fringe adds a nice flair. I bet people will be asking where you got it. Then they'll look all surprised  when you say you made it. Hehe

[MendellLeatherOK]

45 minutes ago, Stetson912 said:

Hot dog! That's a purdy purse. Did you line it at all? I like the tooling and the blue fringe adds a nice flair. I bet people will be asking where you got it. Then they'll look all surprised  when you say you made it. Hehe

They for sure give me a pretty surprised look! Haha! The leather is a slick type chap leather, I found a random roll in the shop  that I forgot about. Its around 3/4oz. So I put 2 pieces back to back on all the gussets and the sides so its thicker. Because I did that, I didnt line it. I would have if I had the rough side of the leather in the interior.

[Stetson912]

Nothing wrong with that. Is the bluish fringe suede?

[beltbuckles]

excellent work!!!!   how did you do the handles?   just sew 2 together and carve the one?

Edited August 29, 2017 by beltbuckles

[MendellLeatherOK]

16 hours ago, Stetson912 said:

Nothing wrong with that. Is the bluish fringe suede?

Thanks. No, its a 3.5oz turquoise chap side from Springfield Leather. I bought it to do some inlay and had a ton leftover so I used it on the bag.

 

16 hours ago, beltbuckles said:

excellent work!!!!   how did you do the handles?   just sew 2 together and carve the one?

I did it just like my belts. I carved my strap on a 8/9oz strap and then I line with latigo.

[WoodysWorkshop]

That's really nice.

Did you hand stitch? Or do you have a machine?

[MendellLeatherOK]

7 minutes ago, WoodysWorkshop said:

That's really nice.

Did you hand stitch? Or do you have a machine?

Thank You. I stitch everything on a Tippmann Boss.

[WoodysWorkshop]

That's kinda like half n half. Hand operated machine.

How do you like it? Seams if you had a lot to sew your arm and hand grip would get tired.

Something that happens more quickly with age. The voice of an old man...

[MendellLeatherOK]

27 minutes ago, WoodysWorkshop said:

That's kinda like half n half. Hand operated machine.

How do you like it? Seams if you had a lot to sew your arm and hand grip would get tired.

Something that happens more quickly with age. The voice of an old man...

Honestly, I really like it and you dont get as tired as you would think. Always makes a consistent stitch and I havnt had any problems with it whatsoever. This is what my budget allowed at the time but Ill eventually upgrade machines.