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New Carpet Bag

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New heavyweight tapestry material – great for bags!

Hazel and I have been out today foraging for leather ( as you do!) and I have happened on a good sized piece of this lovely heavyweight tapestry fabric.

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New carpet bag materials

So I really have no other choice but to make a brand new carpet bag.  The green and yellow material is another of my favourites and will make a nice contrast lining.  I’ll be cutting leather edging strips from this piece of soft tan leather which tones well with the yellowy brown and terracotta in the tapestry fabric. I’ve been making carpet bags using furnishing and upholstery weight fabrics for quite a while and have adapted the same pattern slightly to make my leather patchwork bags.

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“One I made earlier”
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“One I made earlier” interior

So here goes – I’ll be back when I’ve finished so you can see what it looks like.

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New carpet bag materials (2)

The Workroom

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Re-organised work room

I spent the day last Friday having a serious tidy-up in the workroom.  It may not look very tidy from the picture but at least I now know where everything is.  I’ve also found all those small, essential little things that Willow cat thoughtfully chased into the most inaccessible corners.  There’s even been hoovering involved!

Our home is beautiful and old with cottagey type windows.  Like all lovely things, there is a downside to this.  Little windows mean not a lot of light.  For this reason I’ve placed the table against the window, and of course, I have the twinklies!  All my work lights have LED bulbs so are reasonably guilt free on the energy bills.  Another bonus to having the table against the window is that I can be distracted by the narrowboats on the canal outside.  The boaters are well used to me jumping up and down waving to them at the window.

There is another reason for having a good clear round.  I am hoping soon to have a new-to-me industrial machine for sewing leather.  Industrial machines come with purpose built tables, so I have to know I can fit one in!

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Reorganised workroom (2)

Design Hiccup

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This was my first attempt at making a leather sleeve for my Kindle Fire.  As you can see, despite my careful planning and measurements, it was still too small.  So I put it to one side figuring that a use would appear for it eventually.
And it did! 

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With the addition of a couple of eyelets and a leather strap it became a handy little shoulder bag.  I added a Sam Browne stud and a short fastening strap and we were good to go!

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