Lao Zhou’s tote bag making tutorial

Reprinted from http://www.sogoke.com/blog/3946/Based on this leather and my daily needs, I struggled for a long time about what kind of large bag should be made. In the end, I decided to make a tote. Yes, you read that right. Who said that a boring uncle can’t use a tote? Hey, there’s a sly smile here!

First start with the drawings, Of course, this drawing is no longer the original drawing. In order to be able to send it out as a similar tutorial, I have reorganized it, but it is still sloppy. Let’s deal with it. The first step: remove the leather

Sorry, I forgot to take the actual picture. I was too nervous when cutting the leather and there was not enough material. I also used vegetable tanned leather of another color as the base to match. I was so nervous. I was afraid that the color matching would not look good after sewing. . There is no way, there is no suitable leather, lets start working first.

In the picture above Any place that needs to be folded needs to be thinned. PS: I use my domestic thinning knife to do this job. It is definitely a heart-wrenching job. I want to cry without tears. I am crying, please recommend a good knife! Thin, glue, hammer, chop