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I had an impulse to make myself a Leather Owl Bag yesterday. I'd never used leather before to make anything, so i read up on it and made sure i bought leather needles for my sewing machine.
I made my own pattern for this bag, and i'll show you how i made my pattern here too.
Hope you enjoy the How-To!!
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Step 1First of all you will need your paper to draw half of your owl shape. Cut it out then use this to flip over and draw your full owl shape (this makes sure both sides are even!) This is the pattern for the front of the bag.
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Step 2Using The pattern for the front of the bag, trace around then draw an half of the owl's face (this is what will be the flap to close the bag).
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Step 3Now you'll need to decide on the depth of the bag as you'll need to add this amount to the top of the owl shape.
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Step 4Fold the added-on bit in half horizontally, and trace the outline of the owl's face from underneath. Cut this out.
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Step 5Now fold the owl in half vertically and trace the shape of the Owls face on to the other half.
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Step 6Cut this out. It should look like this
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Now cut around the Owl's body too. -
Step 7Use thses patterns to transfer on to the reverse side of your leather.
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Step 8and cut them out.
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Step 9Now using your paper, cut out feather shaped to use as a stencil. I made 2 different sizes.
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Step 10Using the stencils, cut out as many feathers as you wish in different colours
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Step 11start to sew them in to place (making sure you've changed the needle to the leather one).
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Step 12now see your bag taking shape!!
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Step 13At this point i measured around the piece with string to get the measurement for the strip that will form the depth of the bag.
Cut out this length and for the width use the depth you decided on for the bag.
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Step 14Now, with right sides together, sew the strip to the front of your bag.
Do the same for the back.
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Step 15Turn it the right way and check that it's sewn all around the edges.
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Step 16Now i used a belt as a strap, but use what you like. Sew it to the side of your bag.
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Step 17:)
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Step 18I noticed my bag wasn't holding it's shape very well, so i ironed on interfacing inside and used a piece of wood on the back to hold the shape better.
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Step 19Now i put the magnetic clasp on....
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Step 20And cut a beak out of the leather to cover it up.
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Step 21Finally it's time for the Owl's eyes, Cut a template out then use to cut out in leather. Add smaller Circles then buttons to finish the eyes off.
Glue on to the flap of the bag.*EDIT* the glue doesn't hold to well, so sew to secure properly!
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Step 22FINITO!! You're done :)
Surprisingly it wasn't that hard to sew...but i did spend AGES reading up on what not to do etc so i didn't bugger it up!!
You did an awesome job with the leather as well, you can't tell that it's your first time using the stuff - I'm sure it must have been stupidly hard to sew.
You really deserved that!!!really awesome project
and.... such a great tute as well, thank you for your sharing!±!!!!xxxx