Flowers and Leather

This is a miniature picture I made using the same techniques as the millinery flowers 

on leather and arranging them on a leather background. My finger is shown for scale.

Pleated clutch bags

I purchased some leather from FabricMart Fabrics recently and needed to make some bags from it. It wasn't a large skin so I could only get one bag and some trim from it.

I used Vogue 8527 view C for the first (the leopard one), then modified it for the all leather one.

I couldn't fuse the leather or the laminated dots got really dull, so I used 505 spray glue to attach hair canvas to back the leather. I cut it to size, then trimmed out the seam allowances after it was sewn.

The leather bag closes with a magnetic snap.

The leather bag is a basic clutch, while the leopard bag has a zipper and strap. I used a leopard rhinestone to trim the leather and made a leather tassel for the zipper pull.

The pattern went together really easily. I wouldn't hesitate to use the pattern again.