Patterns of leather bags. Models of bags. How to sew a leather bag

Leather accessories have always been very popular. Quality watches, a purse, shoes speak about the taste of the owner, his status. The most common and popular attribute is a leather bag.

Men's and women's, leather bags can be everyday, business, with a shoulder strap or a handle to carry in their hands. Big and small, they always store the right things for their owner.

Models of bags

The diversity is striking. You can choose for every taste and for any situation. They can be hard, soft, semi-soft, wireframe, tote bags, backpacks, shopping bags, clutches, hobos, instant messengers, weekend bags, baguettes - every shape with the right tailoring and matching to the needs to the maximum meets the requirements and needs of its owner.

It should be borne in mind that it is necessary to select models of bags not only for attire, situation or weather. Great value plays in the construction of the image and the figure of the owner. A large bag in the hands of a fragile lady will look good only in the right ensemble.

Sewing bags by own hands

Tanning in ancient times was valued, and the masters were worth their weight in gold. Modern technologies have moved far ahead, and there is no need to go through a long process of preparing the material and sewing yourself. It is much easier to buy a finished product, choosing from a huge range that is offered to the consumer.

However, the creative principle often requires implementation. Therefore, you can sew the bag yourself. To work, you need to prepare tools and thoroughly familiarize yourself with the theory. You can start practicing by following all the listed points.

Material selection

It is important to choose the material for sewing bags. The skin is subdivided into leather for:

• Cape is thick, dense skin. It is made from the skins of cattle;
• Yuft is a soft, thin skin (about 2 mm);
• Krast is a thick and dense skin. The surface is smooth, has natural natural texture. Well suited for the manufacture of bracelets, covers or scabbards.

Different masters use different skin. Someone likes the skin of a deer, someone - a pig, someone prefers a crocodile. There are many kinds of material, each has its own unique properties, pluses and minuses.

Instruments

• Punch (or awl and hammer);
• Needles (2 pc., Necessarily with a wide eyelet and blunt end);
• a thread;
• Compasses (or special cog wheels);
• Scissors for the skin;
• Rolling and tools for finishing (optional);
• Vice.

This is the minimum set of materials that are needed in order to sew a bag on the simplest pattern. The simplest pattern of a leather bag is a long rectangle, cut in such a way that the front flap and side walls, as well as the rear and front parts are a single whole. Use these materials and you will easily get a leather bag over your shoulder. Patterns of leather bags always contain instructions on the number of necessary parts.

Building a Pattern

Patterns of men's leather handbags from the women's at the initial stage do not differ. A classic shoulder bag for a man and a woman is cut out for the same patterns, only with different sizes.

In the beginning, when you start working, you need to make sure that the skin is ready to be cut.

The piece of skin laid out on a smooth surface is arranged in such a way that the material can be used as efficiently as possible.

Pattern using a pencil or chalk is transferred to the skin from the wrong side. The dimensions of the finished product will correspond to the A4 format, respectively, the dimensions of the drawing should be with the allowance of 1 cm. For the convenience of transferring the drawing to the pattern, you can select the pattern you like, print it on the sheet of the required format and transfer it to the material.

From the remnants of the skin, accessories and additional elements are removed - the valve (its dimensions are equal to the parameters of the back of the bag - 210 mm by 297 mm, for convenience take 21 cm by 30 cm). A leather bag over your shoulder will be obtained if you cut a strap 4 cm wide and a length equal to the length of the trunk from waist to shoulder multiplied by 2. You can use braid, it needs to be thrown over your shoulder so that its level matches the future position of the bag. The length of the braids is measured by a centimeter, and the size is used to construct the pattern.

Assembling elements

When all the details are cut, proceed to assemble the future bag.

The first thing that needs to be done is to identify the places of future seams. If sewing will be done manually, then a compass or a special wheel is used for marking. Often the patterns of leather bags contain the dotted lines along which this wheel should pass. With the help of the selected tool, the line on which the seam will be placed will be rolled or gently scratched. Then, using a punch (special toothed fork) or an awl and a hammer, holes are pierced, into which the needle will be inserted.

How to sew a leather bag from the finished parts? Stitching the details of the bag is carried out with a special seam. The seam is called "saddle". Unlike the machine, the manual seam is more durable and qualitative.

The seam is formed by means of two needles. The thread is fixed in the needle. For this purpose, the needle tip is pierced by a thread in the middle, and the free end is threaded into the resulting loop and carefully tightened.

Needles during work are introduced towards each other. If you represent the seam in a section, then we get an interlacing of the letters "P". After each stitch, the thread is slightly pulled up. This is done to ensure that the seam is strong, without gaps and gaps between the skin.

Bag of an old coat

How is a leather bag sewn with your own hands, which material to use? After all, bags do not happen much. Good bags - even more so. Using the simplest patterns of leather bags, you can simultaneously get an interesting design solution and a new accessory. As a material, you can use an old coat.

The simplest option is to cut the bag out of the sleeve.

Before you start, you need to prepare the skin. To do this, first the sleeves are opened. If there is a lining - then it must be gently tapped, without cutting the seams. In case the lining is whole, you can use it without cutting it. The sleeve is turned outward by the lining.

On one side, the lining and the skin gently raspryvayutsya, and this place is sewn lightning. The length of the lightning should coincide with the length of the ripped place.

Now from the second sleeve it is necessary to cut 2 circles, the diameter of which is equal to the width of the sleeve + 7 mm allowance on the seam. Also cut a strip width of 3 cm and a length of 70 cm. This is the future handle of the bag.

With a sewing machine, the leather circle is sewn on each side to the pipe from the sleeve so that the handle is turned from above, strictly opposite the zipper. The skin for the handle is sewn while sewing circles, laying it between the layers of the skin. Thus, when you turn the bag, the handle will be on the outside, and not be sewn inside.

The result is an interesting bag-tube, reminiscent of the "baguette" model.

Using various cutting methods, using old pockets, belts, hem, you can sew any variant of a bag: a shopping bag, a laptop bag, a bag-bag.

Patterns of leather bags from an old coat differ only in the work with the material, the shape of the product can be any.

Bag of rags

How to sew a leather bag from skin flaps? Make it simple. In the beginning of work it is necessary to prepare the material. Pieces of leather are better to sew together on a sewing machine, using a special zigzag stitch. It is durable, does not allow fraying the edges of the skin. The same seam can be repeated manually, only it is important to monitor the tension of the thread, otherwise the canvas will lead to the sides, and the finished bag will look untidy.

The pattern of the bag model is superimposed on the skin from the wrong side and is chalked. The allowance for the seam is about 0.5 cm.

For a bag of rags, it is desirable to make a lining. The lining is cut out according to the pattern of the central part of the bag. For pens it is not needed. For a lining use a strong satin, best of all - a special strong lining fabric.

The stitched leather parts and lining are assembled and once again stitched over the upper seam.

Advice

Masters often wonder how to sew a leather bag made of leather parts of different fabric. It is better to carry out such experiments by typing a hand in working with a material of equal strength and density.

Combined bags, however, are a popular and popular accessory.

For example, a stitched leather bag with your own hands, the patterns of which are suggested above, will look great with side parts or handles made of a different color leather, or from leather of another texture (for example, a combination of leather with ostrich dressing and calf skin).

Unisex Patterns

The world of leather goods changes as quickly as the fashion world. Bags have ceased so much to divide into male and female, materials have become more diverse. Using the same pattern, you can sew a bag for both men and women.

For example, patterns on a photo, cut on high-quality leather, will make it possible to sew bags that can be used by both men and women.

To more clearly indicate the accessory belonging to a certain floor, you can use decorative elements. For a ladies' bag, make leather handles shorter or longer so that two handles can be hung on the shoulder. For men - to make one wide strap. A long handle over the shoulder will make the bag universal, such models are especially popular with young people and students.

In addition, such models can easily vary in size. Bags for these patterns can be easily adjusted to fit the A5 notepad format, and make it more spacious - to fit the A3 folder.

To increase or decrease the pattern, it is convenient to use the printed pattern variants. When printing, the chart is divided into several sheets. It will be necessary to cut it, collect it and transfer it in full size to the skin. The second option - redrawing the bag on paper by hand. In this case, it is necessary to work carefully, errors can spoil all subsequent work.