Professional Leather Handbag Design
Preparation
A course by Lili Storella , Leather Maker
About the video: Preparation
Overview
“Let's get ready for assembling! In this lesson, I am going to walk you through the details of all the materials. ”
In this video lesson Lili Storella addresses the topic: Preparation, 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
“Preparation In the last lesson, we made the patterns and in this lesson, I’ll prepare all the leathers, material, and hardware for this design. Here is the leather cow skin that I picked for this design as the exterior leather. The thickness is 1.2 mm, which we talked about before because we won't use a skiving machine on this course. It’s important as the right thickness effects the weight of your bag. This is the goat skin for the lining leather and the thickness is 0.8 mm. As it’s lining, you can get thinner because the outside of the skin should have more life. Remember that the exterio...”
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Course summary for: Professional Leather Handbag Design
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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.
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