Croc clutch!

[motocouture]

Making progress! Edged the straps, added the strap hardware, and reinforced the front flap (with kitchen mat) before adding the post fastener. 

 

[SonderingSusan]

Beautiful work @motocouture ! looking forward to seeing more of your work and the finished piece!

[Joseph1836]

We're did you get the croc.  

[motocouture]

14 hours ago, SonderingSusan said:

Beautiful work @motocouture ! looking forward to seeing more of your work and the finished piece!

Thank you so much! Unfortunately, work has been interfering with my bench time sigh... 

10 hours ago, Joseph1836 said:

We're did you get the croc.  

I bought the croc from a fellow forum member.  It’s originally from the American Tanning Company (AMTAN USA on Instagram); they do have some great deals occasionally on leftover hides / end of runs etc.

[motocouture]

Another couple of shots.  Stitched the inner pocket in, which I was procrastinating on, since stitching floppy calf leather to floppy calf leather is always fun .

Second pic is glueing in the liner, after first stitching on the straps at the back. I left the clutch in a rolled up position for a while, to gently start shaping the outer croc, then heeded the wise words of @RockyAussie, who suggested glueing in the liner at a 90 degree bend to reduce wrinkling on the inside when it’s finally assembled. 

I used the pins to mark the corners of the liner, and to help key the two layers as I glued. The pins are also pushed through into a sewing ham underneath, which helps stops everything wriggling around.

 

Edited April 16, 2018 by motocouture

[bikermutt07]

Ooooooo it's gonna be a bute.

[KingsCountyLeather]

It’s all coming together nicely and beautiful work as always. Stitching looks great too.

[charon]

Really nice that you share all the process with us! Also this is such a nice piece you put together, I wish I was able to produce such good and clean work. One question came to my mind that I was not able to see from the pictures: How did you do the edges of e.g. the gussets? I do not mean the edges you painted but the area close to the border where the croc meets the edge. It almost looks like you turned the lining underneath the croc... Or did you paint over the edge to make the border that dark on the front side? Hope that doesn't sound too silly...

[motocouture]

22 hours ago, bikermutt07 said:

Ooooooo it's gonna be a bute.

Thanks mate! Fingers crossed!!

 

19 hours ago, KingsCountyLeather said:

It’s all coming together nicely and beautiful work as always. Stitching looks great too.

Thank you so much, it’s nice to get back to it after having been on the road. 

[motocouture]

17 hours ago, charon said:

Really nice that you share all the process with us! Also this is such a nice piece you put together, I wish I was able to produce such good and clean work. One question came to my mind that I was not able to see from the pictures: How did you do the edges of e.g. the gussets? I do not mean the edges you painted but the area close to the border where the croc meets the edge. It almost looks like you turned the lining underneath the croc... Or did you paint over the edge to make the border that dark on the front side? Hope that doesn't sound too silly...

My pleasure! I always feel like I gain more here than I could possibly give back, so I try where I can 

Great question, and makes perfect sense. I’ve attached another pic below which might help. The border is just extra lining, which I trim off after everything is glued in.  That way I’m not struggling to line up edges as I go. This time, I took a little extra time though to keep the excess lining the same width all the way around, and draw in the actual outline, so that the pocket placement ended up right on the inside.