I’m always looking for new ways to create and when I heard we were throwing out large leather samples, I knew there was a hidden craft project in there. I took a variety of colors home even though I had no idea what I was going to make. After a few days of thinking and numerous Google searches later, I sketched up a leather purse that seemed simple enough to make. Make a tube, put a bottom on it and poke a bunch of holes in it?! Ok, I can do that! I broke out my mom’s old 1970’s sewing machine, the sucker had to weigh a good 40 pounds, purchased some leather sewing needles for it and got to work.
All in all it was fairly easy to sew and only took maybe 8 hours over several days. When it came to putting on the grommets that took some creative thinking. I live on a second floor apartment and didn’t want to annoy my neighbors with the super loud hammering, so for a couple nights around 11pm I was in my apartments gym sitting on the floor hammering away. Worked great and only had about 3 people walk by and give me this very odd look! The end product turned out great and I think the best part is it being airline tested, it can stand a good 30 seconds of direct flame before it actually catches on fire!
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