Red tote bag
I was asked to make a tote bag as a birthday present and this was a real learning curve. I started out by gluing salpa to the main bag, but when I attached the lining, it quickly went pear shaped.i ripped it off and started again but ommited the salpa. I am pretty happy with the way it turned out but I know I still have a long way to go before I can get a perfect looking product.
I used a red kid skin as lining
All edge painting was done using Uniters. I got the tip of using this little bottle from Philip's Edge techniques class
I tried to make the inside beautiful too. I measured the base of the bag and cut out the measurements using 1mm thick salpa and 1 from main leather I glued them together and used as bag bottom for a decorative effect
I also lined the outside pocket
The edge painting on the straps was no joke,๐
I hand stitched the sides and bottom
Work in progress shots
@ruthdmaxwell oh yes, edge painting is nice, but it takes sooo much time! I was working in a small pouch until yesterday and if I hadn't have to paint the edges, I would have finished all in 3 hours. A beautiful nightmare hahahaha