Leathercraft MasterClass

'The Art & Craft Of Pattern Making' is a first of its kind video course. Every journey starts with a map and a destination. If your destination is creating a beautiful bag, then your map is your pattern. This first course is the beginning and foundation of the 'De Havilland Travel Bag' bag making series. In this course we are solely focused on creating the pattern. *Please note, although this course is based on the making of the pattern for the De Havilland Travel Bag, this course will also teach you general pattern making skills which can be adapted to make any design.* In this course you will learn: - Selecting your pattern card. - Creating true perpendicular folds. - Using a French curve. - Scoring. - Marking indexing notches. - Finding the centre of a curve. - Zipper allowance and tolerances. - Positioning your internal pockets. - Marking out for your hardware installation. and much more! Intermediate/ Advanced

This is the first time that a luxury leather bag has ever been made on camera. Be the first to see it! Learn how to make your very own luxury travel bag, guided step by step with the Leathercraft Masterclass. It is highly recommended for you to complete courses: - 'The Art & Craft Of Pattern Making' - 'Lancette Rolled Handle Pts 1&2' beforehand to gain the knowledge and practice the processes and techniques. Join me in the first bag making course of the series, where we are preparing our leather, materials and hardware. In this course you will learn: - The correct leathers and thicknesses to use - What material to use for interlining and structure - The hardware we will be needing - Best practice when cutting out from patterns - Skiving measurements - Protecting your handles during construction - Designing, cutting and stitching in handle attachments and more. Join us in part two where we will be tackling the linings, pockets, and internal as well as external zips.

In part two of our bag making course we will be learning how to mark out our leather lining, create leather reinforcement for our pocket, install a zip and stitch in a pocket pouch.

This is the first time that a luxury leather bag has ever been made on camera. Be the first to see it! Learn how to make your very own luxury travel bag, guided step by step with the Leathercraft Masterclass. It is highly recommended for you to complete courses: - 'The Art & Craft Of Pattern Making' - 'The De Havilland Travel Bag Pts 1-2' - 'Lancette Rolled Handle Pts 1&2' beforehand to gain the knowledge and practice the processes and techniques. In part three of The De Havilland Travel bag you will learn how to create and install some of the key features of your bag. You will learn: -Installing the zip gusset lining -Creating leather reinforcement for a zip -Trimming a zip and installing zip stops -Advanced zip information for various setups -Installing a shoulder strap D ring -Making a leather zip puller and much more.