Working with the skin - stand out from the crowd

In the modern market, there are so many bags that it is sometimes difficult to determine the choice. But models of bags are often made in a boring color scheme or in an old-fashioned design. But many people want to stand out. The best for this purpose handmade bags made of leather, made to order from the master or independently.

Sewing leather bags requires certain skills and abilities. Well, you need to buy tools to work with the skin. For sewing a bag you will need medium hardness material, if you use soft leather, then inside the bag there must be a rigid lining. Working with the skin is not an easy task, it requires knowledge of specific seams, the ability to use the necessary tools. But, as they say, hunting is more than bondage.

Working with the skin has several features. To cut the paired parts of the pattern is necessary in one direction. Cut out items from the skin can only be a special shoe knife. At the same time under the skin it is necessary to put a plank, plastic or wooden. Depending on the thickness of the material, a special tetrahedral needle for a sewing machine may be required. Sew the elements of the product in one line.

Work with the skin also provides for a special sewing machine, as many modern machines can be broken using them to sew the seams of a leather bag or other product. In no case can not apply kapron thread. Instead of gluing, you need to use glue or adhesive tape, especially for handmade leather bags. But to create the product you may need not only a sewing machine and a shoe knife. Tools for working with the skin include also an awl, a bone, clamps, an iron, a clamp, a hammer, a tool for removing the edge edge and a tool for embossing the drawings.

Working with the skin requires the ability to perform special stitches. To sew a bag of skin pieces, you will need a patch stitch to connect the small pieces. To assemble the bag you will need a stitch or a seam stitch, decorated with a kantik.

Interestingly and original will look and attract attention handmade leather bags decorated with rhinestones in combination with a molded skin in color or, conversely, in contrast color. Forming occurs under the influence of temperature. When heat treated, the skin has the property of curving. The front side of the bag can be decorated with a whole applique made of molded leather elements, braids, rhinestones.

Which is better - to make a bag yourself or order it in the atelier or the master - everyone decides for himself. But if there is even a little imagination and the gift of a designer, then it's better to make it yourself. Manual work on making to order will be quite expensive for a professional master, and not the fact that he will not make the same bag to someone else. Handmade bags made of leather, made by themselves, will be guaranteed in a single copy and will be able to stand out from the crowd in any place and at any time.