It has now been 9 years of learning and experimenting and here I am presenting my first all leather handbag. What a journey it has been. After making this bag, I found a youtube video on making leather bags that explained some of the difficulties I had. It was a series of 6 two hour videos and I spent the better part of the day watching them. I can not wait to get back out in the shop and put to use the things I learned. I now have a 35 x 52 foot shop of which I have 8x35 feet of the space. My husband took the rest of the space for his wood working! However, my 8 x 35 has air conditioning and wood heat, so it was a trad off. Anyway, I digress! The purse below is my very first all leather purse. I am very pleased with it considering it was my first. The great thing about my customers is that they always push me beyond my abilities. They never allow me to settle in to my comfort zone for very long. I must admit, it took forever to get this one done considering that in the middle of making it, I developed a virus from you know where! It hung on forever and then turned into bronchial pneumonia and then pulled muscles in my rib cage from coughing so hard. It took a total of 6 weeks to completely heal and I am still working on getting my strength back. Then I was finally able to finish the purse. It is a very late Christmas present for a friend's mother. I hope she loves it. Anyhow, back to the videos on you tube, the gentleman in the video mentioned that he gives classes in Houston Tx. It is $800 to attend and I am seriously considering it. There is so much to learn and apply. That is all for now. Everyone have a great 2016!
