Members JeannieH Posted March 3, 2018 Members Report Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) Hello. This is my second leather bag. Third actually, but we won’t mention the first one lol. Anyway, I would appreciate critique from you guys. It’s the first one in this pattern I made so I do have to make adjustments for the second one I make. i hand stitched the haas barenia straps with reverse pricking irons..as well as the other trimmings. The underside has the slanted saddle stitch..but I like straight stitches since the rest of the bag was machine sewn. I’m saving up for a fileteuse so once I get that hopefully my edge work will improve. I did use an edge beveler in the barenia but I’m not sure I did that right...once I painted I could still see where the leather was skinned off on the sides..maybe I didn’t paint down far enough?? I have no idea. Anyway, let me know how I can improve this bag. I want to make more and sell the ! one other thing I think I need to do is have the zipper deeper between the two layers. It’s a number 8 UCAN zipper...it just looks like too much tape is showing..any thoughts on that? Thanks! Edited March 3, 2018 by JeannieH Forgot to add something Quote
Members billybopp Posted March 3, 2018 Members Report Posted March 3, 2018 Well done! You should be proud of that one! - Bill Quote
Members JeannieH Posted March 3, 2018 Author Members Report Posted March 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, billybopp said: Well done! You should be proud of that one! - Bill Thank you! Do you know of any companies on here that laser cut patterns? Like if I provided the pattern and leather, they would cut it out for me? Quote
bikermutt07 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Posted March 3, 2018 Black River Laser will do that for you. That bag is awesome. How did you do that braid on the strap? Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members battlemunky Posted March 3, 2018 Members Report Posted March 3, 2018 That is really clean and beautiful work Jeannie! You can't tell it isn't store bought. Quote
BruceGibson Posted March 3, 2018 Report Posted March 3, 2018 WOW! Beautifully done! Clean lines and excellent stitching--this one jumped out at me. I can only hope to do as well. Need a student? Quote "Don't squat with your spurs on." www.GibsonLeather.com
alpha2 Posted March 3, 2018 Report Posted March 3, 2018 That's fantastic! Love the bleedknot. Quote So much leather...so little time.
Members Mattsbagger Posted March 3, 2018 Members Report Posted March 3, 2018 Makesupply also with make custom templates for you. Quote
Members JeannieH Posted March 3, 2018 Author Members Report Posted March 3, 2018 4 hours ago, bikermutt07 said: Black River Laser will do that for you. That bag is awesome. How did you do that braid on the strap? Ok thanks! I got the idea from dooney and Bourke. I cut slots and twisted it within itself. 2 hours ago, battlemunky said: That is really clean and beautiful work Jeannie! You can't tell it isn't store bought. Thank you very much! I am enjoying learning how to make them! Quote
Members JeannieH Posted March 3, 2018 Author Members Report Posted March 3, 2018 2 hours ago, BruceGibson said: WOW! Beautifully done! Clean lines and excellent stitching--this one jumped out at me. I can only hope to do as well. Need a student? Thanks! I’m still learning myself but I will definitely help you any way I can! I find bags online made by the high end designers..I look at the bag for days and get the measurements from websites. Then I think some more days on what they had to do to make it..then I make a pattern from the measurements. I’ve done that with the first two leather bags. This one I made my own but used techniques I learned from the other two. The dooney and Bourke Sloan was my inspiration. 1 hour ago, alpha2 said: That's fantastic! Love the bleedknot. Thank you so much! That’s what that knot is called? Lol Dooney and Bourke does that with some of their straps. I fell in love with it and spent many nights in bed making it in my head until I figured it out lol! Quote
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