My mother loved the bag! The quality of the worksmanship and product exceeded exceptations!
Love this kit but did not love the skinny, not-ment-for-leather needles sent with the kit. I had to switch them out. But that is my only issue with the supplies in the kit. The “matching” thread color for the peacock blue kit matches very well and the bag, when completed, looks elegant. The video is in English and is very easy to follow. The only issue I had when constructing the bag was self-imposed -- I failed to properly match the large chisel holes when sewing the bottom of the bag to the sides. I had sewn around two corners before I realized my error and had to rip out the stitches and start over. Fortunately the kit comes with two spools of thread so that saved me. Before sewing the bottom on the second (and final) time, I first matched the holes with safety pins and pinned the bottom all the way around (see photo). I kept the pins on while counting the stitches so I did not miss any holes at the corners. When first starting to sew the bottom to the sides I found the piping to be unwieldy. To make sewing easier, I used 1/8th inch wide double stick tape to adhere the piping cord down the center of the leather piping strips. I only needed to tape about 5-6 inches of the cord to the leather strip to make the start of the stitching easier. After that the bottom was a breeze to sew. Overall a great kit.
The kit was extensive with everything you needed to hand sew a beautiful bag.The quality of the leather was very good and it was easy and straight forward to put together.I would definitely purchase another in the future.
Before I made my beige/white stunner I made this lovely lady in khaki. Beautiful on a fuller day or if going for a more subdued or understated look, a pleasure to make and a great bag at the end, I’ve received the caramel two tone to make as well - someone pleas organise an intervention, I think I have a problem!
I’ve made the khaki bi colour colour bag which I liked, the green bicolour that I love, but this beige combo lady is absolutely next level gorgeous and I want everyone to have the chance to admire and own her, I cannot adequately express how beautiful she is in real life.
I did have significant oopsie on the back piping due to my overconfidence and going’off piste’ with the way I decided to sew the piping but was able to fix it without too much trouble.
As usual the customer support was absolutely excellent and super responsive on the WhatsApp chat although I didn’t need much help ( I’ve made quite a few bags now so have pretty much got the hang of things and don’t really need the tutorial for this style anymore) but I really appreciate the check from the customer service angels to make sure everything is going OK - fabulous customer service!
The product quality is superb and I really appreciate that this is the same bag that is offered elsewhere (not mentioning names but if you know you know) but at an extremely fair price which allows me to purchase and make more.
Have just received my latest order in the brown/gold colour in time to make for winter in the Land Down Under!
If I cann work out how to attach photos for you to drool at how beautiful this bag is- I love her 💓
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