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Are based in UK? Robert
Hi Robert, Sorry for the long delay, Lifes been beating us up as a family. The answerto your question is YES, I'm in Manchester UK.
‘One minute bag’.
Hi guys, it’s been a cow of a few years here in the UK but we are back with a new Build along project. Again, the credit for the Pattern goes to Tony See at Diesel punk.Ro. The actual putting together is all li’l ole’ me. Let’s go.
The project this time is this Lovely Satchel ( for UK residents) or Messenger style bag ( for our friends around the World.) Known sarcastically as the ‘One minute Bag’. Enjoy.
Pic 1. As always I purchased a Pattern from Dieselpunk.ro, printed it all out to the correct scale, cut it all out and then stuck each piece onto the Veg Tan leather using decorators tape, as shown here, which leaves very little mark when taken off. I like to sharpen my blades for a few times so they last a bit longer.
Pic 2. Next I used a 1mm single punch to make all the holes shown on the pattern, ignore what the wire is for, it’s just the wire for taking the photo..only got two hands though. I’m not going to show me cutting and punching all the pieces as the proceedure is the same for every piece.
Pic 3 . Once the pieces are cut out I burnished the edges of them all using gum Tragacanth and the wood slicker.
Pic 4.
Pic5. Pics 4 + 5. On some of the pattern pieces there are a few ‘markers’ left by the maker, be careful to look for them and to carry the marks over to the leather...or you will have difficulty lining things up later. Check ‘every’ piece just incase.
Pic 6
Pic 7. Pics 6 + 7 show the handle. This is very easy to make so I felt no need to show it in more detail, just stitch the relevant pieces together to achieve the handle shown here. Then, take the cut out section that has the corresponding holes for the handle and stitch it on. the larger section on the bottom of each end should be stitched first follwed after by the top piece, note how the bottom stitching is ‘underneath’ the top piece. The stitch used on this bag project was mostly the ‘locking saddle stitch’.
Pic 8. Take the ‘side / end ‘ pieces and skive around the edge to about half the thickness, because now we have to wet ( not soak ) the edges and using our fingers roughly bend up the edges as seen here and allow time to dry. then take the end piece ‘edge’ strip shown here and once ‘that’ is stitched so the ends meet making basically..a circle..for now, line up those markers I mentioned on both pieces and stitch all the way around.
Pic 9. Here are the finished end pieces, now they don’t look quite so rough. Again burnish any rough edges to make them smooth. Be careful to have them in the correct position BEFORE stitching because it sucks to have to unstitch and start again, Yup...I did that.
‘Angled’ Motorcycle Saddlebags.
Finally, I get the time to put up the build along pics for the angled Motorcycle bags I made for my Royal Enfield Interceptor. First I’d like to thank all those people out there who left nice messages regarding the loss of my parents. They were elderly, but it’s still a shock when it happens as I’m sure many of you are aware. So..Thank you guys, much appreciated. OK..time to move forward with only the happy memories and to put all that other grief business behind me and I do that by riding my motorcycles and making things out of leather and ‘THIS’ one was a really fun one especially as it was for ‘my own bike.
Ripping it apart..carefully.
This time it’s not a pattern from Dieselpunk.ro, as he didn’t have one of these. I bought a “Leather” “Angled” motorcycle saddle bag set and ..guys, I gotta tell you...it’s ‘NOT’ leather just because it has a thin strip of leather so thin it could float on air...especially not if that is then just glued to a piece of card and then passed off as a Real leather bag...of ‘any’ description. which this set was guilty of. So as you can see, I pulled it apart and used ‘it’ as the pattern.
I chose a beautiful hide, factory dyed ‘Chocolate’ color and began to transfer all the pattern pieces onto it to cut out the required sections.
Tooled and carved motorcycle Saddle Bags.
This is well over due I know but life has a really annoying way of getting in the way as I’m sure you are all aware in your own lives. Also, when I did actually do the blog and took 3 days to do it..I pressed the wrong thing at the end and deleted the lot...Yes, I know. So, this is the first chance I’ve had in a few weeks to try to put it up again. A Carved and tooled set of motorcycle saddle bags. If you just wanted to make the saddlebags as a first project I think this would be a good one , other than the carving and tooling..( which I would advise you to practice first before attempting it on your expensive piece of leather. )...the rest is quite easy if you follow the directions in the ‘Saddle bag Pattern pack’ from Tandy Leather.
This is the finished product, there will be a slight difference to the design by the time we get to the end picture, I’ll explain as we go along. To any newbies to this amazing world of leathercraft, I know it can seem a bit daunting..but you don’t have to do the carving and tooling until you know how, you can still make a nice set of saddlebags. Just follow the instructions on the patterns and hopefully I can show my own progress on here which you can follow on my Blog ‘A Journey into Leathercraft’ a.k.a. Beginners journey into Leathercraft.
This is the ‘Original’ Pattern from the pack.
The original has been transferred to Scrap papers I’ve just reversed them to re-use them, see below.
As always, first you have to Buy the Pattern ( the top pic ), this was a Pattern ‘Pack’ from Tandy Leather and you will get 3-4 different patterns for your money. I don’t get anything from Tandy for saying that..it’s just a good pattern pack. I use the patterns to make a ‘second’ set which I will then use, this prevents the original from getting destroyed in the build process, here I’ve used old printing paper that mistakes were made on ..we copy onto the reverse side and re-use them., I stuck all the pieces together to form the full patterns with decoraters paper tape, as seen here I have transferred the patterns to the leather and wet the area where I then transfered the Oak leaf and Acorns by drawing over the pattern with a ball point tool.
Motorbike Tool Pouch
Hi Guys, this new project is a small one, easily achievable for new comers wanting a first project. My friend bought a tool pouch for her new motorbike, I wasn’t impressed by the terrible quality of it so I took it and stripped it into it’s parts then used them as a pattern to make her a better one and one for myself, using 100% Veg tan leather. Here’s some photo’s of how it went. These pics are a mixture of the two as I didn’t take many of the first pouch...mainly because this is the first project since my Mum passed and I wasn’t really in the head space when I began, but, the process on both is exactly the same so you will be able to see the process well enough. I have shown many times on other projects how I transfer the patterns to the leather so if you want to know about that particular point feel free to look in the archive of my blog ‘A Journey into Leathercraft’.
Pic 1a : After transferring the patterns from the Cr***y pouch to the Veg tan leather My friend chose a Rose to go on the front of hers and a couple of initial stamps so I traced, carved and tooled it for her and added the initials as shown, I chose Oak leaves and Acorns as you will see later.
Pic1b Shows up more with the different shadowing.
Pic 1c : here you can see that around the edges I have also transfered the stitch hole marks ready for punching and a few of the strap rivit holes.
Pic 2 : After all the tooling was done I dyed all the sections black using fiebings Pro dye, I personally like the extra oilyness of it and ..just my opinion but I feel it looks a little better. Here I am also using my awl to widen the stitch holes slightly because my 1.5 mm punch is temporarily misplaced so I used a smaller one and widened them this way....never letting a small issue like that stop the process lol.
Hi Guys, Chris here from Shamancraftprojects, I’ve been putting ‘still’ photo build alongs on Tumblr for a few years now and I deccided it’s time to move forward so I’m doing a few videos now for youtube where you can watch me put some of my projects together, if that’s your thing I hope you’ll go over there and check it out, just put in ‘Youtube Shamancraftprojects’ and you’ll find the other vids I’ve already done. This is all new to me I’m learning as I go along so a few are just a few minutes long and no talking but as I’ve learned more there are vids where you can hear me explaining things as I go through the build. If you like them please consider likeing,subscribing and clicking the bell as this will help towards my doing more in the future and will also inform you automatically whenever I put a new video up. Many thanks.
Crown Green Bowls bag build.
( Try saying that after a few drinks hahahahaha )
Hi Guys, real sorry for the long delay on this one, unfortunately real life hit us hard with the passing of our Mother which as I’m sure a lot of you can understand ..it takes it’s toll. However, we are getting back on track and I’m feeling the need to return to the leather. So, as promised, here is the bowls bag. Let’s get straight in.
Pic 1 : This project came about as a request from a family member to fix a Bowls carry bag, turned out it was beyond repair so as a surprise I re-made one completely using the old pieces as the pattern.
Pic 2 : These are the two end sections and one of the inner ‘dividers’ just cut from new veg tan leather 1.5mm thick.
Pic 3 : using dividers I marked a line around the edge and then marked for the new holes.
Pic 4 : finishing the marking out, the same proceedure applies for marking all the holes on all the new pieces.
Pic 5 : next step was to punch all holes on all pieces using a 1.5mm single punch.
Update on Bowling Bag.
Hi Guys, To anyone waiting for the Bowls Bag build along, Sorry for the long wait guys but We’ve had a Bereavement in the family and it’s been hard to get ‘back to it’. I hope you understand. I ‘will’ be doing it so please keep looking now and then, I hope to have it done by mid August at latest if not sooner and hopefully to get back into things soon after.. Thanks.
Bike Tool Pouch
Hi Guys, sorry it’s been a few weeks but life and Covid got in the way for a bit after the Large explorer bag. But I finally got some free time to sit down and make something. This time I purchased a pattern from Tony See at Dieselpunk.ro ( ‘ro’ standing for ‘Romania’..I think. ). The pattern is actually for a Bag with either carry handles or a shoulder strap, but I want the main body of this pattern to alter it into a Pouch / saddle bag for my bike to carry a few tools and maybe a spare inner tube etc and I gotta say....it has turned out great. See for yourself and join me in this short build along to see me put this lovely little pouch / saddle bag together. It’s a fairly easy build and I would recommend it to a more ‘adventurous’ beginner. As usual as I am hoping to peek the interest of a few of you to give it a go yourself I will add that Leather crafting can be expensive and can become addictive...in a good way. But Leather, especially in the UK is very expensive, so maybe pick a small project as your first one to keep costs down whilst you learn. That being said, this is an amazing hobby and very satisfying when your skill level increases and you start to see better results. I almost forgot, I have been getting into making videos of me building these projects and I show them on my new YOUTUBE Channel called Shamancraftprojects, I hope you will drop by for a look, My filming and editing skills will improve with time, but they are fun to watch. If you do would you please ‘Like’ Subscribe and click the Bell and click on ‘ALL’ so you will know when I put a new one up. Thanks. Ok,, lets get into it.
Pic 1: Turned out great, not very difficult to make and recommended for adventurous beginners. I keep getting asked How long it will take,...well, how long is a piece of string ? ..I took 3 days to make this but that’s with normal life getting in the way, so it all depends how long you can give it your attention for really. Let’s crack on.
Pic 2 : As always the patterns are printed out in ‘sections’ which have to be cut out and taped together to make the full pattern, this bit came in two halves which I’ve taped together across the middle with decorators paper tape. All other pieces are treated the same way and then any holes are punched out as per the markings. I have shown this many times in past projects so if you have any issues go check out my archive, I’m sure the information you want will be in there.
Pic 3 : I have used a Walnut water stain dye by fiebings, I use this color a lot, it’s one of my favourites and for me personally it gives leather the color most people expect leather to be..traditionally speaking that is, but feel free to dye your projects any color you wish it’s your project. Once all the patterns were transferred and the parts were cut out of the leather, I first hand stitched the top flap onto the main body as seen here using a saddle stitch.
Pic 4 : For all those out there who have followed my projects from the beginning, six years ago...wow time flies, firstly..thank you and please tell your friends,...anyyyhoooo..for all of you regulars you will remember that I enjoy hand stitching and the saddle stitch is my ‘go to’. My stitching has definitely improved thanks to practice and also to the advice given to me by many people..thanks guys if you are seeing this for all your help and free advice and from videos on youtube. Here you can see the stitching in a nice consistant line, if your stitching is ‘wobbly’ check when you do it how you cross your needles over on the first stitch, if your left needle goes behind the right needle keep doing that...and continue crossing them the same on every stitch. If your fingers hurt a lot, do four or five stitches lightly and ‘then’ pull tight...that’s approx five stitches for one pull...less stress than pulling on every stitch.
Pic 5 : Here I’ve cut a couple of the ‘skirt’ pieces ( just what I call them ) that will stitch to the end pieces to enable them to be connected to the main body as you will see later and also the front strap that will ‘pop’ over a ‘Sam Brown’. on the left are the two pieces that will eventually hold ‘D’ rings.
‘Explorer’ Bag.
Hi Guys, I finally managed to find the time to build the ‘Explorer’ Bag. It may have been my hands that put this together but all Credit for the Original Idea and the Pattern goes to ‘Tony See’ at Dieselpunkro. He makes some amazing patterns and sells them at very affordable prices. Ok, lets go. First I bought the pattern from Dieselpunkro, downloaded it, stuck all the pieces together as required and then cut out and stuck to the 6-7oz leather I chose to use ready to transfer from paper to leather. You don’t want a thin leather for this that will just fall/collapse it’s shape, but you also don’t want it so thick that it’s difficult to bend cut and stitch. I also chose a Veg Tan and dyed it myself, more on that later, but you can buy a factory ready dyed piece if you so choose.
Pic 1 : Stick all the pattern pieces together as required to create the ‘full’ patterns, I use Decorators white / Cream paper tape, it doesn’t mark the leather to any great degree when you take it off.
Pic 2 : The patterns come in several pieces, this main boddy section pattern was in about three pieces but just stick them together as shown on the instructional video on YT.
Pic 3 : Here is the main body section after the pattern is removed, the holes are punched through the patterns before removal.
Pic 4 : Here you have one of the side psections with Pattern stuck to the leather with decorators tape and I used a 1.5mm hole punch for the stitch holes and a larger one ( what ever you feel necessary for your rivets to fit ) where necessary.
Bucket Bag Build Along Pics.
The Bucket Bag. Original idea and pattern from Dieselpunkro.
Pic 1 : At last, I have some me time to put the build along pics up for the Bucket bag. Firstly, Sorry for the long wait for any one that has been wondering where I’ve been but with life as it is for everyone these days lets just say ‘LIFE’ once again got in the way. So, moving on. Credit for the Original design and the Pattern goes to ‘Tony See’ of Dieselpunkro in Spain, find them on Y/Tube. The construction and any alterations from the original design is all me. Let’s start. Here I have bought the pattern from Dieselpunkro, downloaded it and printed.
Pic 2 : I cut out each pattern and I have punched the some of the holes, Some times I do it before taping to the leather and other times I find it’s easier to tape it down and ‘then’ do the smaller ones as sometimes the smaller ones are easier to do with the patterns taped down to the leather. I’m sure you’ll find your own way, as long as you make sure you’ve punched ‘all’ holes you’ll be ok. Also’ a very important point, look on the patterns for any holes marked as ‘stitching’ holes or ‘start here’ holes and keep marking them as you go along and eventually transfer them to the leather as these are the holes where you will begin the stitching and if you don’t mark then it’s a royal pain trying to figure it out...believe me...I’ve done it a few times. So check and double check.
Pic 3 : Patterns transferred to leather , here’s one of the sections that was ready, , shaped and all holes punched, needing a liner, here I’m about to cut some material for that. This is the ‘wrong’ side of the liner material. You can see the other side further on.
Pic 4 : I wasn’t aware of it at this point but i had cut a piece wrong, this turned out to be the bottom section of the bag and somehow I’ve managed to take my eye off the ball ( due to tiredness ) and I’ve punched holes around the edge of the ‘bottom’ hence why I thought it was the top, anyway...there’s another tip, this stuff is expensive, so don’t do it when you are tired, lesson learned and as luck would have it, this will work for another project I have lined up for 2021. Anyway, you get ‘warts and all’ on here as promised. you may notice the ‘change’ as we go along and now you will know why.
Pic 5 : I use anything to hand when glueing stuff together to press them down
Pic 6 : This is the pattern transfer tor the Veg Tan Leather bottom piece, this was one of those times when I punched the holes through the pattern and the leather in one go.
no’2 Dopp kit bag build along pics.
As promised, here are the build along pics for those people who..like myself, Geek out on seeing things being made and put together. Fill ya boots guys.
Pic 1 : First, if you fancy trying to make one of these yourself you’ll need to pay a visit to ‘Dieselpunkro’ and purchase the PDF pattern from them. Print the pattern out and then cut and stick the appropriate pieces together as you can see I did here, pretty straight forward so far. I use the decorators tape as you can still see the hole marks through it for punching.
Pic 2 : you can see some here that I’ve already stuck some pieces together to make the full pattern of certain sections.
Pic 3 : Placing the patterns on my chosen piece of leather to find the best ‘use’ of the leather to avoid too much waste. Some of the off cuts can be used for straps etc.
Pic 4 : Here you see the top section / gusset cut out and all the holes have been punched a 1.5mm punch seems big enough, not too small that you couldn’t pass two needles across each other through them and not too big that they won’t close up nicely once tapped gently with a hammer by the end of the project. For anyone just looking for the first time and not sure what I mean by that, Once you have stitched a section, it’s a good idea to then go around the stitching with a hammer and gently tap the stitching flat, this helps to close up the holes a bit..making it tighter around your stitch and to also lower the profile of the thread to help avoid snagging or tearing of it down the line. Hope that explains it.
Pic 5 : this is the main body section, I’ve cut the pattern and stuck it to the leather ready to cut the required piece to size and shape, the hole punching has just been done, In the picture is my 1.5mm ‘Single’ hole punch, you can use a stitch iron or a ‘several’ pronged punch just make sure the hole distance is the same as the pattern or it won’t align properly when you stitch it. I put an elastic band around it to make it thicker for grip.
Pic 6 : The ‘Skirt’ section that joins the other two pieces together.
Pic 7 : The ‘pipes’ Basically the same procedure for all the pieces.
Pic 8 :After all the dying is done the pipes are the first to be stitched on before the main build.
Pic 9 : All leather pieces ready for dye.
Update: Some information change to the small ‘satchel’ style Bag.
I’ve added a few things to this bag that were a bit of an after thought. I’ve attached D-rings tothe ends of the bag as well as the rear to offer two positions as I have found that some ladies like one annnd some like the other, so..voila, sorted. Also, on the front I have attached my makers Logo which was forgotten earlier and ‘yes’ to those eagle eyed ‘detail’ guys out there..you can see I corrected that I had forgotten also to stitch the front strap at the bottom.
Dopp Kit bag. Made by me. Pattern and original design credit to Dieselpunkro. https://www.instagram.com/p/CGhtAqoJyku/?igshid=4z572nf4nmi4
Dopp Kit Bag: Finished...finally.
Hi guys, as promised here’s the other little project I was doing recently, unfortunately I had to wait quite some time for delivery of some items to finish it, all covid related problems with the couriers, but we got there at last..with a funny ( if slightly annoying ) lesson learned. So..lets get on.
Ladies small ‘Satchel’ style shoulderbag.
Hi guys, another little project from myself ‘@handmadecp’ here at the ‘Shaman’ Craft Projects Workshop in Manchester UK, the summer is slipping away and Autumn storms are upon us once again but I’m snug in my ‘toastie warm’ workshop and I have plenty to occupy my time. This is very similar to the Black Ladies shoulder bag previously shown which I did a complete build along for so there’s no point to me showing the same procedure, if you haven’t seen that yet you can find it in the Archive of my Blog which for anyone who still doesn’t know, has changed name slightly, It was previousley called ‘Beginners Journey into leather craft’ but after 6 years of learning this amazing craft I have changed it to ‘A Journey into Leather Craft’, I’m sure you can still find it with the old name too so there shouldn’t be a problem. This bag has a few different features so I thought you might like to see a few pictures at least. As you will see there is only one strap /magnet closer on this one and I’ve added a small slot pocket to the outside front. I used an amazing looking ‘Maroon’ colored chrome tan leather all the way from our friends at Weaver Leather Craft in the good old U.S of A. I hope you like it and if any one out there in this big old world is having a go yourself please feel free to drop me a message I’d love to see how you are getting on as I’ve said before I’m not a Professional this is mainly a hobby which makes me some pocket money from time to time, my biggest kick from all this is knowing that someone, somewhere else on this planet is getting use and enjoyment out of something that I made with my own two hands...doesn’t get any better than that. so don’t be shy I’d love to chat to anyone where ever in the world you might be. P.s. The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed I haven’t finished the stitching on the bottom part of the ‘strap’ hahahaha...oh well you can’t get it right every time, it will give me something to do. More to come, hope everyone is keeping safe. Good luck with your own projects. till the next one, stay crafty.
A couple of changes to this bag from the previous design, this one only has the one strap and a small slot pouch added onto the front. ( Yes..I have noticed the stitching isn’t finished on the strap....it soon will be hahaha.
Plenty of room inside and the stretchy nature of this leather allows for more, as it is here I could still have got more in it...depends what you need I guess. I love this color, it matches my note book that I made. ( build along on the blog in the archive.)
The new 'Dopp' bag available soon on Etsy @handmadecp. Full build along will be up on The blog 'A Journey into Leather Craft' within the next few days. I made this but all design and pattern credit goes to 'Dieselpunkro' thanks guys for amazing patterns at affordable prices. If you like leather Craft I recommend a visit to their site, you can catch their build along videos on YT. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFx_heTJCb2/?igshid=1bg6pog86awsq