Onto the third bag....

[motocouture]

Made some progress today, before diverting to fill an order from hubby for another iPhone sleeve  . Managed to get one handle stitched on for the bag, and half of the zip in the gusset stitched. For the record, I hate stitching zips. They look so nice laying on the bench, then you shift it to the pony and they get a life of their own lol. Also prepped the piping; fingers crossed it’s long enough. 

[NeilMac]

Very nice work

[motocouture]

8 hours ago, NeilMac said:

Very nice work

Thank you! Much appreciated

[cjones]

Really looking forward to the completed project

 

Chris

[motocouture]

3 hours ago, cjones said:

Really looking forward to the completed project

 

Chris

Thanks! You and me, both!  

Have been working on samples for my piping, otherwise I’m sure to screw it up somehow....getting close though to bringing it all together 

[cjones]

I had problems with piping. If its any help I ended using a 1cm wide strip of 1.5 mm leather with pigskin glued around it.

 

Chris

[motocouture]

4 minutes ago, cjones said:

I had problems with piping. If its any help I ended using a 1cm wide strip of 1.5 mm leather with pigskin glued around it.

 

Chris

Thanks for that, great idea using the pigskin. Nice bag, too! I’m just doubling over the calf leather, trimming to 1cm wide, and seeing if I can punch the stitch line accurately enough once it’s in the seam so that the piping still looks even.

[cjones]

Thanks! Actually worked better for me when I cemented in place and put the awl thru both pieces of leather and the piping at once

 

Chris

[motocouture]

Survived another work week, and enjoying a chance to get back working on my travel bag again. I prepared the piping slightly differently this time; folded about a 4cm strip in half, glued, then trimmed down to a 1cm width using my trusty knip knife (soooooo sharp, have the cuts to prove it lol). I then lined up the piping edge with the edge of the body pieces, should give a 3 - 4mm piping. Half-way through gluing the piping on, with a close up of the corners to show the clipping to allow ease on the turn. 

[motocouture]

Also got a head start on drafting zipper pulls for the top zip (RiRi 6mm, black with silver teeth)