Prada-inspired Handbag

[HiddenStar]

Hi all, below are some pictures of a handbag (my first handbag project) I made a few months ago. Would like share this with the community and hopefully it'll help anyone who is on a similar project

Feel free to leave any questions/comments (:

 

Edited November 3, 2017 by HiddenStar

[ByNelson]

What a lovely project... good job!  

what were your thoughts on the edges? 

[battlemunky]

That is really well done. I like the edges undyed.

[motocouture]

Nice work! I assume you drafted the pattern yourself?

[Fire88]

I reall like those undyed edges 

[Stetson912]

I'd like to know how you did the lining

[Richardrn80]

Absolutely beautiful!!! Very well done. I showed my wife and she asked if you had a pattern for this beautiful piece of art. I like how you left the edges unpainted. It gives a contrast to it that makes it still very simple. Well done!!

[Richardrn80]

One more question. How did you do the handles? I attempted to do some handles like that, but they failed miserably!! What’s your secret to the handles? What type of leather, thickness did you use?

[Danne]

14 hours ago, battlemunky said:

That is really well done. I like the edges undyed.

Yes i agree, if someone told me "Hey, i'm going to make a Prada inspired bag, should i paint the edges or not." My answer would be "Of course you should paint them, it would look awful if you leave the edges "natural" But on this handbag it looks REALLY good. It gives the bag a very unique look. The reason it suits the bag is probably because of the outside color. 

 

You should be proud of that bag

Edited November 4, 2017 by Danne

[Danne]

1 hour ago, Richardrn80 said:

One more question. How did you do the handles? I attempted to do some handles like that, but they failed miserably!! What’s your secret to the handles? What type of leather, thickness did you use?

 

I haven't done any bags, but maybe this helps you?