Handbag for wife

Welcome!
Accidentally he has promised his wife that will prepare her real leather bag. = (
We had to make the bag, so as to throw words to the wind did not let me.
So, there will be 14 pictures and a description of the process.
The result will be:





Tools and materials that I needed:
Houses there:
 - Scissors, ruler, pencil, stiralka. - All in one piece.
 - Knife. (I used the office) - 1 unit.
I had to buy a special store fittings:
 - Punch (you can manually) - 1 pc. 200 p.
 - Versatile press - 1pc. 650 p.
 - Holniteny - box 100 pcs. ~ 150 p.
 - Button - box 100 pcs. ~ 150 p.
 - A metal frame (for handles on the bag) 38 mm. - 4 things.
And also:
 - Water-repellent to the skin (in the shoe store) - 1 pc. ~ 400 p.
 - Leather - "Nubuck" - 130 cm2. In a retail store for the sale of leather. - 1200 r.
Total materials and equipment around 3000 p. (the majority of them will remain for future use).
At the time, just to work (not counting trips to the shops) took 2 days.

1. asks his wife, should look like a bag and do the layout of the paper.



2. Following the approval of the layout, cut it into the mold. And laid out on a piece of leather.

Received the following items:
 - Very long and narrow handle it.
 - It is short and thick sidewalls of the bag.
 - A large rectangle is the main part of the bag.



3. Cut the leather parts of the bag.



4. Suddenly it became clear that handles bags have not meet the requirements, after a brief skirmish, it was decided to make the following handles:



5. To do this already sliced ​​strips of leather for the handle first folded in half and cut out a semi-circle at the ends of the skin to install metal frames, then straighten the skin and sit down box, it turns out:



6. middle sizing handle (glue point), then punches a hole and compress them holnitenami.



7. Making the second part of the handles in the form of attachment to the bag on the same principle as the handle.



8. Putting two handles, and will continue to attach them to the bag.



9. Making the first fitting and punched holes, and then fasten holnitenami.



10. Fix the two knobs holnitenami, you can go to the assembly of the bag.



11. To do this, first hole in the side of the skin.



12. Then putting a punched sidewall to the bag and punch holes already in the bag.



13. Compress all installed holniteny.



14.Ustanavlivaem button on the bag (closed \ open). And covers repellent.



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