Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags
Cutting the Leather 1
A course by Beth Dow , Leather Goods Maker
About the video: Cutting the Leather 1
Overview
“Now that you have your pattern templates, the next step is to mark the leather and cut it out. I will model this process step by step, by preparing the front pocket and progressing to some surface embellishments. ”
In this video lesson Beth Dow addresses the topic: Cutting the Leather 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags. Learn how to handcraft original handbags with unique textures from scratch using vegetable-tanned hide and the two-needle stitch.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Cutting the Leather We learned how to cut the pattern templates. In this lesson, we'll learn how to mark the leather and cut it out so it can be precise for our fitting, so everything can work together. I'll show you how to cut a small piece like this pocket. This pocket, as you see on the bag, it sits here. It has square right angles at the top corners. Then, we have a nice curve around here. There are certain things we need to take into consideration as we cut curves in leather. I'll show you how to do this. You saw that we had a large piece of leather and I talked about how we need to ...”
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Course summary for: Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags
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Category
Craft, Fashion -
Areas
Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Fashion Design, Sewing
Beth Dow
A course by Beth Dow
Beth Dow is a multidisciplinary visual artist, photographer and craftswoman who splits her time between digital and physical works of art from her studio in Minneapolis. She has a Masters of Fine Art in Photography.
Beth has taught leatherwork at the Penland School of Crafts and North House Folk School, and she also teaches photography and leatherwork at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul. She sells hand-made goods through her shop, Fieldwork Goods. Beth’s photography has been shown in several museum collections and exhibitions across the US and China.
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