A well-known brand of handmade cowhide bag The price of a bag ranges from a few thousand yuan to tens of thousands or even tens of thousands yuan, a large part of which is brand premium, which is difficult for ordinary consumers to afford. Today, with the emphasis on personalization, you can DIY a unique bag. Material preparation: square ruler, steel ruler. These materials can basically be purchased on Xbao.
Start making when the materials are ready. First let’s take a look at the protagonist, a 2mm thick top-grade wood veneer imported from Japan. Although it is more expensive, its texture and color are much better than the vegetable leather purchased online. Even if it is more expensive for personal use, it is still worth it.
Prepare the drawings and draw them on the cardboard to make a template. Considering the cost, the inner veneer is only used as the outer skin, and 1mm thick leather graft can be used as the inner skin. This thickness can also be easily purchased online.
After the preparations are completed, use a pencil to roughly design the outline of each part on the cardboard. After confirming, draw the final mark on the skin.Final outline.
The leather cutting process begins. This is the most important process, so be very careful. A slight mistake will affect the entire piece of skin, and it is irreversible.
After the cutting is completed, use a polishing tool to polish the rounded corners until you are satisfied. Because I am not a professional craftsman, I cannot cut out the rounded corners in one go.
After sanding, use an edger to cut off the flaws caused by polishing.
Because the back of the leather is very rough, you need to use a bed surface treatment agent to make it smoother. Then come down and scrape a thin layer of bed treatment agent on the back of the skin.
Apply edge sealing agent to the edge of the skin. Applying it once is not enough and needs to be applied several times. After applying it for the first time, let it dry and then apply it againGrind with a stick and repeat several times.
Then let the edge be smoothed. If possible, it is best to use an edge candle to polish it, which will look better and be faster.
Finally, use cotton to quickly scrub and polish. Edge banding is a time-consuming and labor-intensive job that requires patience. You must not be too quick. The effect will be better if you polish it for a while.
After cutting the inner skin, you can stick it on the outer skin, because these two steps were forgotten. Shoot so first explain with words. After the inner and outer skins are glued, you need to use a shelf to fix it until the glue is completely dry. Once it is dry, remove the shelf, use a border marker to draw the lines, and then use a diamond chopper to punch holes, just like the picture above. The last step is to sew. This step is the most difficult and labor-intensive, so I will teach you in the next tutorial.
