Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags
The Final Shaping
A course by Beth Dow , Leather Goods Maker
About the video: The Final Shaping
Overview
“Let's bring your project to a strong finish! I will demonstrate how to gently shape the bag and stretch open the pocket seams.”
In this video lesson Beth Dow addresses the topic: The Final Shaping, 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
“In this lesson, i'm going to talk about touching up the final shape of the bag. I've finished sewing and I beveled and burnished my edges. They can still use a little bit of a cleanup. I can feel some roughness along this edge and it's a little bit lumpy at the moment. It's a bit open at the front, it sort of swells out. and the sides are very straight right now. So there's certain things I can do to get it into shape. I can gently. coax this side panel. inside the bag a little bit. I just want to do it slowly and gently. I don't want to force anything quickly because Do you remember I ment...”
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Course summary for: Create Custom Hand-Sewn Leather Bags
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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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