DIY leather bag

A leather bag is a convenient stylish accessory for any lover of leather goods. Regular store products are not suitable for those who have a desire to stand out and be different from other people. In this case, sewing saves. Needlework will help you create a unique, inimitable bag. And the choice of leather will give status to its owner.

Before starting work, you need to make sure that all materials are prepared. To create a bag you will need:

• A piece of leather;
• Durable special needles for leather and for sweeping;
• Dratva;
• Ruler;
• Awl;
• Scissors;
• Glue;
• Centimeter;
• Wooden block;
• Clothespins;
• Hammer;
• Pieces of chipboard

Before starting the pattern, you need to determine the size of the bottom of the product, all the details will fit around it. The width of the bottom depends on what you plan to carry in the bag.

At the beginning, a rectangle of the desired size is created at the bottom. Panels are fixed on the side. They must be equal in shape and size. The values ​​are added as follows: the width of one side should be equal to the length of the entire product plus half the width of the bottom. Height is determined according to needs.

When creating handles, remember that the balance of the product depends on them. Therefore, the handles should be correctly positioned on the sides. For the correct positioning of the belts, you need to split the upper edge from the side into 3 parts.

Next, you need to indicate the length of the handles. When considering the width of the belt and handles, it should be borne in mind that they must be combined with the product itself.

When building a pattern, do not forget about the seams. It is necessary to make indents for the seams. You need to give 1.25 cm for each side of the bottom and sides. No allowances are required for the upper part of the sides, because nothing needs to be sewn there.

Quite often, the size of the hide sold determines the size of the product itself. But all the same, the calculation of the material must be approached with complete seriousness and everything must be calculated accurately. When calculating, do not forget about the details of the bag (pockets, finishing elements). Therefore, in the beginning it is worth laying out all the details of the bag on the skin. Quite often, natural material has defects (holes, scuffs, dents). There should also be enough fabric for this.

On average, a bag needs 1-1.8 sq. m of material. All sizes are relative, it is necessary to clearly define the model and correctly create a bag pattern.

For pens, you need leather strips of the selected length and width, a needle and thread. Fold the straps and start sewing to each other inside out. It is necessary to retreat from the edges by 7 cm, at the end set aside about 7 cm to secure the straps to the bag.

After completing the work, start attaching the straps to the product. First you need to fix the places where the handle will be connected to the bag. Clamp these places with a clothespin. Before sewing on, you can glue the handles a little to the bag. The seams should be sewn twice.

Installing fittings will not only help to decorate the product, but will also allow you to hide minor flaws, if any. Such decorations will include buttons, buttons, clasps, and other rivets.

Metal fittings perfectly complement the leather product. To attach the rivet to the bag, you need glue, glue cloth.

One of the most classic pieces of jewelry is a small handle. Such a detail can be attached using a small piece of leather sewn to the bag. Make a strip of leather about 6 cm long. Fold the line in half and place a ring in the middle inward. Between each other, the strip can first be glued a little for fixing, and then stitched. You need to fasten such an ornament on the bag using a sewing machine.

You can also add pukli (metal convex parts) to the bottom of the bag or as a decoration.

Such buttons are attached to the product using a special device. At home, you can use an awl by making small holes. Place the fart in them, and push their legs apart inside. To do this, a hard lining should be made at the bottom so that the bullets hold it tightly.

The bag can be decorated not only with fittings, but also with various ornaments, decoupage technique, applique.

Decoupage technique will be an excellent decoration for your everyday accessory. For this technology you will need:

• decorative napkin / decoupage card / printout on photographic paper;
• special glue for decoupage on leather and textiles;
• flat brush;
• fabric contour;
• chalk;
• wet wipes;
• a primer based on white acrylic paint.

First you need to choose a place and pattern for the napkin. The color will depend on the color of the bag.

The procedure is simple:

• Make a primer, let it dry a little.
• The second layer is applied in a different color.
• Cut out the desired pattern.
• Glue the selected motif onto the finished surface.
• Treat with leather glue.
• Let everything dry.
• Iron the drawing through tracing paper.
• Cover with a layer of glassy varnish.
• Dry well.

The applique on the bag is a fashionable decoration that will turn a simple accessory into a bright object of any look. The applique pattern must be selected before sewing the bag. The selected pattern can be manually sewn onto the bag.

The choice of leather primarily depends on personal preference, price, material properties and bag model. Softness is found in many types of leather. One of the softest options is calfskin. It is considered the highest quality and most valuable.

Suede is not only soft, but also very durable. The husky has softness. In general, soft leather materials are particularly elastic and graceful.

Thick leather bags are quite heavy, but at the same time they have a high degree of strength and a long service life.Thick stuff comes out of beef, buffalo, pork.

Leatherette products are economical options in comparison with natural leather.... Modern technologies create quite durable leatherette products. It is sometimes difficult to determine by its appearance whether a bag is made of real material or not. Among the advantages of these models are the colors. Natural products will not give such color space. In addition, many designers create such accessories not only of high quality, but also environmentally friendly. However, leatherette is not always durable. In the cold, this material can crack, which cannot be said about natural products.

In contrast to leatherette, models from natural materials stand up. Such bags add status to their owners. They have a longer service life than leatherette. But bags made of genuine leather always have a high price tag and, unlike artificial models, natural bags are heavy.

The choice of model depends on the purpose for which the bag is purchased or sewn.

For those who often go shopping or are used to carrying a lot of things with them, a shopping bag is a must. These bags have a wide roomy shape. The undoubted advantage of such models is their versatility. They are suitable for any clothing and are ideal for everyday use.

The material depends on personal preference. Most often, shoppers are made of leather and are devoid of zippers.

A bag or sack is a soft model of a bag that, due to its shape, has excellent storage capacity. The bags have a round bottom and are closed with a tape at the top. Products can be made from cotton, jeans, suede, natural leather and leatherette.

A belt bag is a wonderful and useful thing for the traveler and sportsman. Due to the fastening on the belt, it is convenient to store the necessary valuables in such a bag. Freedom of hands is one of the main advantages of such a product.

There is a wide variety of bag options. The original specimen is a bag made of leather pieces.

To create such a product you will need:

• Pieces of leather;
• Moment glue;
• Sewing machine.

The scale of the product according to the sample will be 36x42 cm. The size of each piece is 38x50 cm. There will be 2 of one color and two of the other. On each side of the part, it will be removed one centimeter for the seams, it will take 5 cm for the hem.

The main assistant at the initial stage will be glue. It is ideal for working with leather. The glue should be applied to the very edge of the part with a thin line. After the glue you need to grab and only then you can start sewing. After sewing, tap the seams lightly so that the seams are flat and thin. Then again go through the unstitched areas with glue and again proceed with the firmware from the outside.

It should look like this:

After the seams have been made, you must remember to align the parts so that the lines are straight.

After all the work done on the part, you need to fold two sheets and sew them, forming a bag.

The handles of the bag are sewn into the fold of the upper part of the bag. These folds are cut with a knife and a handle impregnated with glue is inserted inside. As the glue dries up a little, you can hem everything.

For this model, you will need a zipper and the leather itself (leatherette), as well as a lining.

Sewing a laptop bag made of genuine leather consists of the following steps:

• First of all, you need to decide on the size that will fit your laptop. It is recommended to use a laptop box to determine the width and length of the material.
• Further, from the leather according to the pattern shown below, we cut out two parts, taking into account our parameters. In the first part, on each side, it is necessary to retreat 2.5 cm to the seams. The second form will be 1 cm larger than the previous one, since it will be the outer shell;
• As shown in the photo, the edges of the bottom and front must be outlined for rounding.

• Sewing the bottom and back half.
• Then we grind the front part, laying the folds, as shown in the photo. We cut off the excess.
• Making pens.

• Let's prepare the lightning. If it is large, then cut off the excess, and melt the edge. A piece of leather should be stitched onto it.
• We attach the zipper to the slats.
• We proceed to cutting the parts from the lining fabric (the pattern is the same) and sew them together. We make pockets for convenience.
• We attach the lining to the slats with a zipper, while the free edge does not fall into the seam.

• We cut out the valve, insert the magnetic button into it and attach it to the bag. We also sew handles.
• It remains to sew the lining to the leather part and insert the second part of the fastener.

We need tools for tanners, paints, sponges and the forms themselves - in this case, bugs (no higher than 2 cm). Of course you need a skin that lends itself to molding.

We draw a pattern on paper.

• We transfer the pattern onto the cardboard and outline the location of the beetles on it, which we then glue.
• We dip a piece of leather with a large supply in hot water for a few minutes to soften. Then we wipe it off, lay it out on cardboard and shape the beetles.
• After drying the product, we cut it out, cut out the holes for the handles and glue it on cardboard for rigidity.
• We paint the beetles, then the canvas itself.
• We process the ends.
• Foam the voids in the beetles neatly with polyurethane foam or fill it with padding polyester and glue it with a cloth.
• Sew the details and fit the fittings.

We suggest looking at another model in the next video.

For this type of bag, you will need an old skirt, decor, glue, threads, scissors.

The bottom of the skirt needs to be ripped open, measure 1.5 centimeters, cut off the excess. For the bottom, you can use linoleum. The bottom should match the bottom of the product. Cut the bottom of the bag out of leather. Pieces of leather should exceed the size of the bottom by 1.5 cm. To sew the bottom, it is necessary to sew three sides, retreating from each other by 1.5 cm. Insert linoleum into the unstitched one and close up the rest.

The bottom is sewn to the skirt from the wrong side. The middle of the narrow part of the bottom must be connected with the side seams of the skirt. After that, equalize everything and lay a line around the entire perimeter. After the work done, turn the products to the front side.

The handles can also be made of leather. The length can be determined at will. But do not forget about the seam allowances. Each handle must be rolled from the inside out. And to sew, retreating from the fold of 0.5 cm, it is better to tuck the sections on them by 1.5 cm on the inner side and stitch. Handles are sewn to the bag from the seamy side. The seams are laid from the bottom up.

The zip bag is built according to the regular pattern of the standard model. One lightning causes fear in many.

After the lining has been cut out, the sides are all stitched, there remains one unstitched area, which is just necessary for the zipper. The width of such a section should be 15-20 cm. To process the zipper, you will need 4 strips and 4 edging (2 upper, 2 lower), equal to the width of the bag.

The zipper must be trimmed with these pieces of fabric. And fix the remaining end to the tape of the zipper itself. Sew all details on a typewriter. The resulting structure must be attached to the bag. This process can be done manually.

We will make an original leather clutch without a pattern and a typewriter, but with an original decor.

We will need beads, a rectangle of foamiran 18x9, of course the leather itself measuring 20x29 cm and a button for fastening.

• Draw a piece of skin as shown below.
• Place the foamiran between 2 leather sheets and glue to the inner sheet.
• Sew on the lower part of the button, and trim the edge and sides with beads.
• We bend and hem the sides at the bottom.
• Sew all layers at the end of each side. Close the cut with beads.
• Sew on the second part of the button and decorate it to your liking.