Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags
Making the Bottom Panel 2
A course by Beth Dow , Leather Goods Maker
About the video: Making the Bottom Panel 2
Overview
“Now that I'm finished with the base panel—the edges are nicely bevelled and the holes are punched—it's now time to connect this to the bag's body. ”
In this video lesson Beth Dow addresses the topic: Making the Bottom Panel 2 , 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
“Now, as you can see, I finished punching the holes all the way around this base panel. I had beveled the edges and I burnished them so they've got a nice polish. So, We'll put this now on. Vag body. Got this nice big piece. Here's the pocket we attached earlier. And this is the pattern. And you see on the pattern, the placement for this base panel is marked along with only one hole. This one hole is helpful. If you punch all four holes, then it's very difficult to get a perfect fit with these four holes matching those. It's kind of impossible unless you're really, really good. I always do j...”
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Course summary for: Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags
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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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