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.

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.

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