This particular style of bag is built inside-out while the lining is built right-side out separately. All that is left to do is turn it carefully (there is a trick to it!) and glue the lining inside. One last stitch and we are done!
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Nearly there…a bit more stitching to be done
We are nearly there! You can almost tell what the bag will look now! Well, I can. Unfortunately, I will have to wait until Monday to see the finished product. It’s hard to be patient, especially when its so close to being done. Do you see what I mean about the thread colour and how it pops right out? I’m happy I went with the sand and with the nickel finish hardware.
Hardware
So the next big decision would be hardware–do I go with nickel or gold? If the red was warmer, with orange undertones, I would go with the gold but since its cooler, with blue undertones, I will go with the nickel. But then, everyone has their own preferences.
An important meeting takes place
While I wait for some of the early stitching to be completed, I need to take a few moments to attend a very important meeting. Sometimes its for a tea party, today it was to play Barbie.
Waiting for stitching
Some of the leather pieces are ready to be stitched. What colour to go with? The possibilities are endless, depending on your own personal tastes. I’m choosing between red and a sand colour. Think I will go with the sand; it stands out a bit more than the red.
Everyone loves pockets
People love pockets. We are always asked if more can be added. Pockets, dividers, sections. Why the need to compartmentalize life? I find that one zippered pocket works just fine; there will be a smaller, open pocket for a phone or iPod as well and of course my customized iPad pocket! Plenty of pockets but not so many that I will forget where I put things–keep it simple!
Essential steps
The next stage is preparing the leather for stitching. If it’s too thick, it needs to be split down to something more manageable. Some pieces will need further thinning and for that we use the skiving machine.
Little details
We typically paint all exposed edges of leather. In this case, I’m using a clear edge paint. It darkened the natural red slightly.
Now for some customizing
As I’ve mentioned previously on this blog, one of my newest toys is an iPad Mini. Unfortunately, I haven’t had the time to create a case specifically for it but so far it’s been quite comfortable in the case we made for the Kobo Vox. I thought that it should have it’s own little pocket, that way it won’t be pushed around by all the other stuff I end up carrying. It’ll probably be the only pocket that will actually have any of my own stuff in it!
A snug carrier for the new toy
How happy was I that the case we had designed to fit the Kobo Vox also fit my new Ipad Mini!