I love this bag. Nice leather and edges are finished so nicely. I used the youtube site to see how to build. Toward the end it is difficult to follow the adding of the "piping" strip and gusset. I had to rerun the video several times to see what was being added. Still, the bag was great to make and the results great.
The material and kit overall was very well put together. The overall product was loved by many. Only improvements I would say is shipping and tutorial. It still took 10 business days after paying quite a bit for expedited shipping. The tutorial was hard to follow as it only showed a section of the bag at a time. Would be nice to be able to see the full bag. In addition if it was broken into steps with timestamps on the video.
I found this kit to be a bit of a challenge as the instructions on the tutorial were a little vague. However I managed to finish the bag and am pleased with the result. I found the thread, which was thicker than I had with other kits, quite difficult to use and it did not have such a neat finish as with thinner thread I had before.
Hi Lindy, thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We apologize for any confusion with the instructions and will take your feedback into consideration for future improvements. We hope you continue to enjoy your new tote bag! Thank you for choosing POPSEWING®.
This is the second bag that I’ve made from Popsewing. I’ve made a card holder and AirPods case in addition to the Birkin-inspired bag. I found this kit to be quite challenging but not in a bad way. If it were too easy, it wouldn’t be as much fun in my opinion. Sewing in the piping as well as the inside divider pocket were the most difficult parts. You also have to look very carefully to make sure that you are sewing the right side of the leather—the texture is very slightly different so it would be very easy to confuse them and mess up your bag: if there were anything I could change, that would be it. Perhaps in future kits the grain pattern could be easier to distinguish?
I told my husband that this is my “Ow F*** Bag” because I said “Ow f****” many times during the construction! My cat had fun trying to make me mess up as well. The leather in this bag is fairly rigid, but I don’t think it is a problem. I’m sure it will soften as I break in the bag. The finished bag looks very nice and almost like a professional made it (there are some uneven stitches here and there as well as obvious glue spots in a couple of places). All in all, this is a good kit to get. I will continue to be a repeat customer because the kits are so fun to make and I love getting the compliments on my items. My friends and family can’t believe that I made them myself!