Professional Leather Handbag Design
Cut the Reinforcement Material
A course by Lili Storella , Leather Maker
About the video: Cut the Reinforcement Material
Overview
“This one is the last lesson of this unit and before getting to the actual assembling I will teach you how to prepare the reinforcement material. ”
In this video lesson Lili Storella addresses the topic: Cut the Reinforcement Material, 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
“So the last lesson, we prepare all the leather cutout with the patterns we made. And this lesson, we're going to use and cut out the reinforcement material. This is term. And this is like a foam. You can feel that and see that it's a little bit spongy. So it will help us to make the pattern details. And a lot of people don't like to use foam. They will use leather. or second layers of leather, which we call it split. But that will increase the weight of the handbag. If you make a bigger size bag, you want to cut the waist down. Let's see this turned. You can see it has the green line one di...”
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Course summary for: Professional Leather Handbag Design
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Craft, Fashion -
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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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