Bag Making Leatherwork Class for Beginners

Learn leather crafting and make your own stitchless bag

This is one of our group leather goods making courses for beginners that we organise at our London studio.

Using beautiful vegetable-tanned leather, basic leather tools and simple metal fittings, you will make a stitchless leather bag while learning five basic leather working techniques.

You will customise your bag by choosing between two designs (see photo gallery) and selecting your preferred colours of leather and fittings.

No sewing skills or experience is required!

At the end of the course, you won’t just take home a beautiful bag made entirely by you but also an understanding of working with leather and essential leather tools.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

During our leather goods making courses, you will always receive an introduction to:

• Different leather types
• Essential leather tools
• You will then learn these 5 basic leather working techniques:
• Marking leather
• Cutting leather
• Folding leather
• Punching leather
• Burnishing leather

In the second part of the course, you will apply the techniques learnt by hand-cutting and assembling your beautiful bag using screw studs. No sewing is required.

All materials and tools are supplied.

This course is suitable for beginners. You should be able to use measurements and understand verbal and written English instructions.

PLEASE NOTE: This tuition will require up to 7 hours to complete but depending on the number of attendees, the ability of participants and the group’s pace, the syllabus may be covered in a shorter time frame