Japanese Knot Purse

[Grey Drakkon]

Ok so I spent way too long hand sewing this thing, mostly due to the straps.  I'm pretty happy with how it came out though!  

The leather is a really soft strong navy blue, and the interior is cotton. I'm rather pleased with how well I lined up the pockets, I used up just about all of the fabric I had in this pattern for it.  

[Grey Drakkon]

[Reegesc]

That is frickin cool Grey.  And Good Lord, how many stitches per inch did you torture yourself with?  Looks like 20   

[DV8DUG]

That's alot of hand stitching... I love the little pocket on the inside.

[bikermutt07]

Really nice job.

[Grey Drakkon]

6 hours ago, cseeger said:

That is frickin cool Grey.  And Good Lord, how many stitches per inch did you torture yourself with?  Looks like 20   

Hah more like 12. Thin thread though so it looks fine than it actually is.

4 hours ago, DV8DUG said:

That's alot of hand stitching... I love the little pocket on the inside.

There's actually 3!  The two are made of a bit of fabric that lines up perfectly with the background. 

3 hours ago, bikermutt07 said:

Really nice job.

Thanks!

[kiwican]

Thats a Great Job Grey! I was in store the other day and saw a yellow one of those bags, not as nice as yours at all. The price on the bag was over 1000.00

[DV8DUG]

On 2/11/2018 at 5:55 PM, Grey Drakkon said:

There's actually 3!  The two are made of a bit of fabric that lines up perfectly with the background. 

Sneaky... I missed the other pockets...

[GrampaJoel]

Very nice!

It seems very  simple in appearance, but I can't see how you put it together.

Would you care to share your  build method?

thanks

Joel

[JMixx]

Wow!  That's lovely.  With all the detail, I'm guessing you put in quite a few hours there.

Edited February 14, 2018 by JMixx

[Grey Drakkon]

On 2/12/2018 at 2:25 PM, kiwican said:

Thats a Great Job Grey! I was in store the other day and saw a yellow one of those bags, not as nice as yours at all. The price on the bag was over 1000.00

Thanks!  If only I could sell it for the same amount!  

On 2/13/2018 at 5:57 PM, GrampaJoel said:

Very nice!

It seems very  simple in appearance, but I can't see how you put it together.

Would you care to share your  build method?

thanks

Joel

Actually I nabbed it from a pdf on these forums!  The pattern was NOT intuitive for me at all, at one point I was baffled how it would actually end up working, but I just kept doing what it told me to do and it hit that click point where you go "Oooooh THAT'S how that works."  I did modify the pattern to make a shoulder strap instead of a wrist strap though.

On 2/13/2018 at 8:25 PM, JMixx said:

Wow!  That's lovely.  With all the detail, I'm guessing you put in quite a few hours there.

Far too many, but some of that was fumbling around because it's the first time I made it.  

[GrampaJoel]

On 2/15/2018 at 1:02 PM, Grey Drakkon said:

Thanks!  If only I could sell it for the same amount!  

Actually I nabbed it from a pdf on these forums!  The pattern was NOT intuitive for me at all, at one point I was baffled how it would actually end up working, but I just kept doing what it told me to do and it hit that click point where you go "Oooooh THAT'S how that works."  I did modify the pattern to make a shoulder strap instead of a wrist strap though.

Far too many, but some of that was fumbling around because it's the first time I made it.  

Thank you.

Joel