Professional Leather Handbag Design
Technique Foundations 2
A course by Lili Storella , Leather Maker
About the video: Technique Foundations 2
Overview
“I'll continue showing you some of the basic techniques you'll need to carry on with the making of your purse. Finally, I'll teach you how to improve the quality of your bag’s appearance by adding perfect edge painting. ”
In this video lesson Lili Storella addresses the topic: Technique Foundations 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Professional Leather Handbag Design. Learn the foundations of working with leather to create bespoke bags using professional crafting techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Technique Foundations Now I'll explain to you what is saddle stitching. The idea of saddle stitching is using two needles with one thread. That is, at the same time, making two rods of stitching in one rod of stitching holes. On this paper you can see, this is the leather and the middle are stitching holes. Machine-stitching is two rods of thread making one rod of stitching holes. This is how you insert one thread across the hole. The bottom is the inside of the stitching. They twist in this stitching hole to hold each other. The issue and the problem here is that once you break one stitch,...”
This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.
Course summary for: Professional Leather Handbag Design
-
Category
Craft, Fashion -
Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Design, Fashion Design, Sewing

Lili Storella
A course by Lili Storella
Lili Storella is a leather maker based in the USA. Growing up, she was always interested in drawing and expressing herself through making things. She went on to study drawing professionally and received a degree in graphic design. From there, she worked as a graphic designer for eight years before discovering her passion for working with leather.
Lili began making small items for family and friends, but soon turned her love of leather craftwork into her own brand, Mila.jito. She now sells accessories like bags, passport holders, belts, and watch straps around the world and shares her creations with over 50K followers on Instagram.
- 99% positive reviews (279)
- 12,387 students
- 22 lessons (3h 28m)
- 8 additional resources (0 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever