Making My Wife a Purse

My wife has always struggled with getting the right purse. So I decided to design and build a bag myself.

I have no experience in making bags but I looked closely at some bags I owned and went for it.

I have made 4 prototypes but I am still working on the final version as of 31 May 2024.

Drawing up Ideas

From the bags I looked at I took away some ideas and drew up what I thought would make sense.

Cutting Leather

I had no experience working on leather so that took a lot of experimenting. I watched a couple videos and went for it.

Getting the Fabric Cut

I found some old timey looking fabric at the local fabric store and cut it to size. I learned to sew the leather on first before you sew the rest of the bag or else there is a lot of blind leatherwork.

I’ll photograph and document the prototypes soon… 05 June 2024