Beginners Leather Bag Making Workshop - How to create your own bag

Beginners Leather Bag Making Workshop

I have some enquiries for the Beginners Leather Bag Making workshop. Here is another example I would like to give by simply using very much the same pattern with the one taught in the workshop, to create another simple and elegant messenger complete with a shoulder strap. 

Careful guidance will be given through every step and process during lessons. Therefore, upon completion of this workshop, you will be able to create your own leather bags at home.

I've added another thin strip of leather 
to create a more interesting panel.

Since there will be a shoulder strap, the D ring 
holders are stitched in place on the gussets

Two needles saddle stitching the main panel to 
the gussets 

Assembling almost complete.

Time to burn some calories! Burnishing the edges 
is hard work and time consuming.

The before and after effects of burnishing.

Installing the shoulder strap. 

..and we now have an elegant messenger bag 
with a shoulder strap. Handle is optional.

Small Leather Goods Participants

Recently I've had the pleasure of having some interesting participants from Malaysia, Holland as well as Spain who took part in the Small Leather Goods workshop which have kick started in Bangkok having previously held in Malaysia. 

They came with no prior knowledge nor experience in leather work but left with a new enjoyable and addictive skill which they can't wait to start on new projects of their own. 

Shayna is busy hand stitching her leather passport holder using the saddle stitch method for the first time.

Adding some finishing touches to her leather passport holder.

The lovely couple from Holland, Rene and Molly. Molly made a statement that she will never again ask for any discounts in future whenever shopping for handcrafted leather bags citing the amount of effort and work put into each leather goods. Molly made us laugh!

The couple doing well hand stitching for the first time with the help of the saddlers clamp

Maite is seen here assembling her leather passport holder. She has just finished cutting the leather pieces using the paper pattern she learned to make.

Maite was initially very concerned about not being able to remember the stitch sequence but found hand stitching is a breeze after all!