Bag Making (Learn How To Sew Leather)

This is a five hour one to one lesson during which you will realise your own unique, personalised leather clutch bag and get to take it home with you. This is a one to one course during which you will be taught the basic skills of working with leather and learn how to use specific tools for splitting, cutting, finishing and fastening fittings.

The course has the aim of helping you gain confidence in sewing leather, understanding the major difference between various types of leather, working with tools and learning essential techniques to deal with tricky features of leather goods construction. You will create your own pattern and be able to personalise your item by choosing among a range of stylish details, such as:

• Creating a surface design by using contrasting colours
• Choosing your closure type
• Choosing your clutch shape
• Creating a painted detail with leather paint
• Adding a simple pocket
• Adding a simple wrist strap
• Choosing your own leather
• Choosing your own zip colour