HOW TO MAKE A LEATHER HANDBAG (6 STEPS)

Hello and welcome to the  maiden edition of this blog.
Today I will teach on bag making and the next will  be how to make a pair slippers using ankara.

To  make a leather bag you will need
1. KARI BOARD
2. GUM
3. LEATHER  OR ANKARA OR ANY MATERIAL OF YOUR CHOICE
4. SCISSOR
5. ZIP
6. LINEN



STEP 1
We are making a leather handbag, of size 12 by 24.

Cut out kari board of length 24 and breadth 12 that is what I mean by 12 by 24. like the image below.

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Cut another kari board like the above  but this time length will be 25 and breadth remains 12

















STEP 2
curve the edges of the kariboards



and in the smaller kariboard measure out 4 inches in the middle, rule out below

fold in the ruled lines like this below

STEP 3
Cut out the sides of the bag

STEP 4
Pick the smaller kari board, place the linen inside and gum. For the bigger kariboard place the leather on it and gum

Fix the handle of your choice  to the gummed leather

STEP 5
take the sides and gum leather to one side of kari board to the other side gum in linen .Gum the sides to the two sides of the linened kariboard

and the Zip

STEP 6

Bring the leathered kari board and the kariboard with the linen.  generously add gum to the body of both kariboards and gum them together to acheive this below

 You could add a logo of your favourite designer to beautify the bag like this