Leather purses, get your leather purses here!

I've been carting these wonderful leather swatches around for a number of years now and decided it was time to get them out and start stitching.
I've made a few bags in the past but never really had a good sturdy design, I'd just fumble through and make everyone different from the next. While they were unique and I did a couple of custom orders I struggled to come up with a good design that I could just cut up and make with all the wonderful pieces of leather.

This week I thought I'd try purses.............

This is my lovely old Singer machine.
She plods along and stitches through the leather with ease.

A basket of scraps.
Nothing is wasted, this will all be incorporated into the bags......
Recycled to the very last!

I found my 'G' Stamp and got all stampy!

I've designed a style of purse-wallet, which is both practical and spunky and can be used by both men and women.

The purses are made up of two main compartments (coins and notes) and a middle section for credit cards, license etc.
There is even enough room to slip your mobile phone in too. 

This is my purse.
I've been using it all week, making sure it 'works'.
Good News! It does AND the lady at the post office said, "hey, nice wallet"!

Want to see more?
These little guys will be for sale at the Candelo markets on Sunday, as with the usual RedPeg jewels and the wonderful Pearl and Elspeth creations.

Stay tuned, the GabBag chunky leather shopper is next..............