I collected this commission last Sunday at Middleton Hall.  The customer wanted one of my smaller bags with gold chain but in the sky blue leather.  Luckily I had a piece of the blue leather just large enough to make one.  I’ve finished it today and here it is.

The customer asked for it to be trimmed in pale tan leather and have a dark green lining.  I made the internal pocket in the pale tan leather as well as it looked well against the dark green.

I threaded a continuous strip of blue leather through the chain as I really like the “Chanel style” feel and extra substance it gives to the strap.  It’s not a speedy process, mind you, as the strap is a metre and a half long.  I persevered and have perfected the knack of joining the strips of leather together within the chain and also the fiddle of rejoining the chain links after the chain has been threaded through the eyelets.

Here’s the back of the bag.

Now there’s just the cloth storage bag to make and we’re done!