Handmade hard leather purse

[YDdesign]

Hey guys!
I'm new here at the forum. Have learned a few things in the past but this is the first piece I'll be posting.

It was my mother's birthday and after making a few smaller pieces it seamed like a good opportunity to put my skills to the test. After mainly making knife stealths and a couple of wallets, this was a much harder project that required quite a lot of planning ahead to make everything line-up correctly.

I've made a video of the process so let me know what you guys think of how I made it and any suggestions of techniques and tools that might help me in future projects are welcome.

I started with the Idea for 2 hard sides to the purse and a single piece of leather for the body and lid:

Here I'm taking a look at how the collors from the stamped cloth and the internal yellow leather look:

Using paper clips to glue and keep things in place while I drill the wholes and sew:

Almost ready against the sunset light:

Only a few steps away:

Edited November 26, 2020 by YDdesign

[Hardrada]

Pretty neat!

[AzShooter]

Nicely done video.  Gives me an idea on how to improve a  bag I'm working on, thanks.

Really nice design and great work.  I truly like the finished product.

 

[toxo]

Nice job. I might have gone lighter on the leather. I don't like the strap clip riding on the leather. It will scuff up over time. There's a few ways of avoiding that But well done.

[YDdesign]

1 hour ago, toxo said:

Nice job. I might have gone lighter on the leather. I don't like the strap clip riding on the leather. It will scuff up over time. There's a few ways of avoiding that But well done.

Thank you!
Inicialy I was going to use a different buckle but it looked wierd so I decided to go with this one. But it bothered me quite a lot, hahaha.
What do you suggest to avoid it? In case I needed to use this buckle?

7 hours ago, AzShooter said:

Nicely done video.  Gives me an idea on how to improve a  bag I'm working on, thanks.

Really nice design and great work.  I truly like the finished product.

 

It´s nice to hear that!
Very satisfying to know I might have helped someone.

9 hours ago, Hardrada said:

Pretty neat!

Thank you!

[toxo]

46 minutes ago, YDdesign said:

Thank you!
Inicialy I was going to use a different buckle but it looked wierd so I decided to go with this one. But it bothered me quite a lot, hahaha.
What do you suggest to avoid it? In case I needed to use this buckle?

It´s nice to hear that!
Very satisfying to know I might have helped someone.

Thank you!

I like the idea of extending the D ring strap so it comes above the bag and then cutting the gusset and lid to accomodate it which I think would look good and be nice and stable but not sure how it would affect the bag opening and closing.

[YDdesign]

1 hour ago, toxo said:

I like the idea of extending the D ring strap so it comes above the bag and then cutting the gusset and lid to accomodate it which I think would look good and be nice and stable but not sure how it would affect the bag opening and closing.

Nice. I think for this specific design the best solution would have been a smaller buckle, but the idea of acomodating the ring is really good!
I'll keep it in mind for future work! Thanks

[maxdaddy]

Thanks for sharing the video and pictures here. Looks great.

I think that the square patch covering the outside of the magnetic fastener would have been a good place to incorporate one of the interior colors, though. Maybe a yellow tassel as well? Like a tease of what to expect when you open the purse.