I needed to test out a bag pattern for my sister and also need more time working with leather, so I made an all leather Charlotte crossbody.
I got a Japanese skiving knife for Christmas, but I think the learning curve is steep! I may have to go see the codgers at Tandy Leather to get some tips as I don’t think I actually took much thickness off which gave me a bit of trouble on the final topstitching.
I used some of my favorite Tokidoki for the lining.
I changed the straps on this bag to be more like the Dianne Crossbody, using ¾” leather with a buckle. I also used a ¾” strap round edge by Weaver Leather to get those nice curved edges. The flesh side of the straps was a bit fleshy, lol, but some Tokonole took care of that.
I sewed the lining portion on my Juki TL-2010Q and used my industrial Juki 1541S for the exterior.
- Pattern: Charlotte by Shamballa Designs
- Exterior: Leather, Big Flirt Pink from Georgia Girl Stitches (made from one XL Precut Panel)
- Lining: Tokidoki Carnival Black, Cotton Woven from Fabric Therapy X Bombsheller
- Interfacing: Woven Fuse
- Strap: ¾” Oil Tanned, Titan Black from Springfield Leather
- Strap Buckle: ¾” Center Bar Roller Buckle, Matte Black from Tandy Leather
- Flap Bow Embellishment: SiahSwagBags
- Zipper Tape: My Handmade Space, Matte Black on Black
- Zipper Pull: Matte Black Open Teardrop, Wawak
- All Other Hardware: ¾” Matte Black, Wawak
- Rivets: 9×9 (strap) Matte Black from Springfield Leather, 9×10 (gusset) Matte Black from Emmaline Bags
- Thread: Tex70, Raspberry Beret by SiahSwagBags; Mara 100, Wawak
- Machines Used: Juki TL-2010Q, Juki 1541S