Make Your Own - Tote Bag ~ Make Along // PDF Pattern Pack

In this video I show you how to create your own tote bag. The PDF pattern packs also feature a comprehensive written guide to supplement this video and to ensure you get the most out of your patterns.
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00:00 Intro
00:27 Pattern Printing and Assembly
02:04 Main Bag Body
07:35 Handles and Logo Tab
11:56 Slip Pocket
18:27 Magnetic Closures
20:23 Attaching Lining to Main Bag
22:44 Trim Lining
23:46 Piping
27:30 Assemble Bag
29:24 Stitching Long Sides
31:54 Bag Base Assembly
33:10 Stitch Base
35:07 Turning Bag
35:55 Seam Finishing
36:53 Outro
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[@heatherh4975]

I always learn so much from your videos! Excellent job!

[@maryfrederickson9400]

Of course this isn't an ordinary tote bag. It is a PERFECT tote bag--one that a leatherworker would be proud to have made. Thanks again for your excellent tutelage.

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@grahamrichards193]

Great looking bag! When I make mine, I stitch the pockets, closing snaps and handles before I stitch the sides of the bag. It makes life a lot easier than trying to stitch when the bag’s been made. I also use the rivets for the handles to fasten the pocket(s) inside. Saves time and rivets and makes the pocket fastening invisible.

[@user-io2lx4qm9u]

That’s an absolutely lovely job! Real educational! Great to see the way you attack your project fluency. Thanks, looks great!

[@galom2011]

So glad to see your wonderful hands creating this excellent Piece of Art. Thanks a lot

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 🙂

[@jimathey6153]

OLD LEATHER SMITH here, Excellent Job as always Suggestions, since I hand stitch everything like you do, when I have a large flap that gets in my way I have found a way around that problem, I bought 1 long piece of 3x3x8ft and made a L shape stand with a leg on the bottom that I could anchor 2, 1 of my benches, this way I could move it at my convenience, I just hang a string with a clip attached 2 hold the flap out of the way, since I make moccasins I have learned how 2 turn them easier, I originally used a broom handle, but found a closet clothes rod stouter, I round one side of sand smooth, place at the floor near a wall I did rubber band leather on the other end so as not 2 slide around, both work great, Great Video thanks again, GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️⚾🙃

[@svinsvein]

Thanks! Now I finally got my head wrapped around how i should have done lining :) Great job on both the pattern, and video

[@JHLeather]

Glad it was helpful 🙂

[@danielirvine7468]

Wow this was awesome great looking bag and skills well done I plan on making something like this for my wife when I get the courage

[@user-iq8cr2vr6y]

Hi, from Veliky Novgorod, Russia, I really like watching your video, very cool!

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 🙂

[@ridlawsorrab392]

Excellent job. I'm from Brasil and I learn a lot by watching your vídeos.

[@JHLeather]

Glad to hear that 🙂

[@TheDonnaAnn]

You are amazing Jo!! Thank you for sharing yourself with all of us. ❤️🔥

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 🙂

[@earlelzy9975]

OMG, you hand-stitched everything. I was thinking that you would have used a machine to do the longer parts. I need to start leveling up my skills with folded edges and piping. By the way, I will be using some harvested furniture leather that I hunted down. 😂

[@JHLeather]

You can use a machine for this bag but I prefer hand stitching and as a lot of viewers don't have a machine then it allows them to see how to make this bag without one 👍

[@tonycobb1895]

Good to see someone else using 3.38mm irons on a tote bag. I’m going from 6mm down to 3.38 the samples so far look much more refined! Not much of a difference appearance wise from the 3.85 irons that I wanted to get but was sold out. Now I can rest easily. Thanks

[@omarroa811]

Dear Lord, I'm in love with this woman and her skill for leathercraft 😍 This was a wonderful job! 👍

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 🙂

[@alainlefrancois1941]

Bravo et merci Jo, encore un excellent travail magnifiquement expliqué et réalisé. j'aime beaucoup la façon dont la doublure est réalisée et fixée sans traces de colle. Merci encore...

[@JHLeather]

No problem 🙂 Glad you enjoyed the video

[@betford2]

Beautiful bag! It must have taken forever with all that hand stitching!

[@JHLeather]

Yeah it takes a while, but it's worth it 👍

[@archiem6323]

I'm definitely following your patterns to make my next tote 🎒. Always a fan🤠

[@JHLeather]

Thanks so much 😊

[@haydeesansingsonorio1271]

Woowwww great 👍

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 😊

[@foxtonstreet]

Great job. And so nice to see someone working in metric!

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 🙂

[@Astolat64]

Very lovely and precise work. I love it!

[@JHLeather]

Thank you so much 😀

[@coolsongs64]

Awesome! That’s exactly the kind of tote bag I want to make and I also wanted to hand stitch it.

[@JHLeather]

It's a great bag to make 👍

[@RanaIbrahim777]

Brilliant! thank you for your thorough explanation

[@JHLeather]

No problem, glad you found it helpful 😀

[@Eamoncheng]

amazing work!!

[@Josh_Luijsterburg]

Clear presentation, great bag Jo 👍👍👍

[@JHLeather]

Thanks Josh 🙂 Glad you liked it!

[@neuscodina6292]

Simply amazing!

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 🙂

[@W.CambridgeLeatherCraft]

Lovely work!

[@JHLeather]

Thank you so much 😀

[@prateshramjohn]

Beautiful work

[@JHLeather]

Thank you so much 😀

[@grahamjamieson7752]

Awesome work, thanks for sharing

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 🙂 Glad you enjoyed watching 🙂

[@dougwilliams7667]

As always nice job. I think I will try it for a present. ❤️👍

[@JHLeather]

Thanks Doug 🙂 it would make a lovely present for someone that's for sure!

[@jackinshop1981]

Круто, как всегда! Привет из Украины!

[@rrr40]

excellent fantastic work

[@JHLeather]

Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@woogaboogawiththegreenteet8436]

another very professional project completed young lady.well done and thank you.i see you have found a skiving machine for your shop,a big time saver i am sure. it was a pleasure to watch this bag come to life.

[@JHLeather]

That bell skiver is a LIFE CHANGER!! 😂 I keep finding excuses to use it ....

[@juliangonzales2916]

Excelente trabajo gracias por compartir Saludos 👍👍👍

[@JHLeather]

Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@sheilbwright7649]

Nice work.

[@JHLeather]

🙂🙂

[@rap8825]

👍 good work 👍

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 🙂

[@lauramoir7505]

Makes me want to start making now!

[@JHLeather]

Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂🙂

[@lauramoir7505]

@@JHLeather it was great. You're very clear with your instruction, so make it seem easy!

[@zszs123]

Excellent thanks for the vdeo and time 👍

[@JHLeather]

No problem 🙂

[@mercedeshurtado8604]

Muy lindo trabajo me encanta Saludos desde Cuba

[@JHLeather]

Gracias 🙂

[@MountainFisher]

Looks very nice, I making one or maybe two out of some beautiful blue veined pullup 4 oz or 1.5mm or 1/16th inch leather. LOL

[@JHLeather]

OOOOOO sounds beautiful!!!

[@hodatareq7409]

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🌹🌹

[@JHLeather]

No problem 🙂

[@mohammedcloud439]

Nise work🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍

[@pablonorte77]

Молодец! Очень классно !! Привет тебе из Тулы !

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 🙂 Glad you enjoyed the video

[@edmeiaclarindo5834]

Lindíssimas. Parabéns! Quais as medidas, por favor.

[@sidneifrancisco1897]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 🙂🙂🙂

[@diastoleny]

Love your content. About to purchase pattern. I've never stitched longer than a womens clutch. How can I hand stitch such long runs with a single thread? How long would you estimate? Thank you!!

[@JHLeather]

I don't worry about using a single thread for long lengths.of stitching. The thread is unmanageable and tends to get fluffy over long lengths. I use a double arms width for all my long stitching, then do 1 and a half back stitches and start a new thread from there.

[@ricardomartellcosi9899]

Que belleza

[@mingpearl4675]

Great detail . . . thank you so much for sharing. What leather are you using?

[@JHLeather]

Thank you 🙂 all the information on the leather selection is included in the pattern pack

[@webchez69]

I am surprised that with your delicate hands, you do not have finger protection. I made some leather thumb and middle finger protectors to push the needles through thick places almost like thimbles. I also use some small needle nose pliers to pull the needles out of the leather?

[@JHLeather]

I've been doing leather craft for 15 years and my hands are used to all the stitching. I did my apprenticeship in saddlery and we made a lot of hand bridle work with lots of stitching so that helped get my hands used to it. I don't really like wearing anything on my hands or fingers as I can't feel what I am doing as easily.

[@claudiaceliaramirezrodrigu1349]

gracias nena...

[@dahmanus2002]

hello dear friend, i enjoyed the videos and i like your English accent cause i'm learning English by listening to many videos, and i saw you folding the edges of suede leather, i want to advise you to get a help of thin comb may be you can break some of needles of the comb to create a space which will help you to assemble correctly the glued parts with a perfect line, god bless you . i'm from Algeria, Northern Africa.

[@MuseLeathercraft]

Holy Swizzle Sticks Jo, that was Nail Biting SUSPENSEFUL! Amazing Work! Also, I got some of those Doorstops/Weights that Phil suggested to buy.... Where’d you get that Flat HEAVY one from, please? Gordy

[@JHLeather]

Thanks Gordy 😁 aren't the door stops great!? The big flat thing I have is actually my lead punching block that I got from a friend a long time ago when her dad made some up.

[@epoch9813]

Hi I’m in the process of making this bag at the moment, and I have followed instructions but for some reason my handles look much shorter than the handles in the video! Have you made your handles longer than what is written in information. I hope bag turns out ok as I have no extra leather! Enjoying project. Thanks

[@TheRedbeardster]

Nice work! It's quite hard to stictch through 6 layers :)

[@JHLeather]

Haha, yes is a bit awkward but by pre stitch marking all the way through half of the layers it is much easier!

[@louisgianfrancesco]

Real nice Jo, what thread were you using for this?

[@JHLeather]

I used the Meisi super fine linen thread

[@davegaziano6619]

Question you used a 5mm diamond stitching iron you said if you have a left handed iron to use it.Is this the same as a reverse iron? I do have a 5mm reverse iron from Crimson Hide.

[@JHLeather]

Yes it's the same as a reverse iron 👍

[@davegaziano6619]

@@JHLeather Thank you

[@JHLeather]

No problem 👍

[@juanc.mendoza632]

Hello from Easton Maryland! I’m trying to make something similar for my girlfriend but I don’t know what kind of glue to use. What is the trademark that you used for this project?

[@rominamedrano3519]

Por favor. ¿Nos podrías compartir las medidas? Gracias

[@craigh3381]

I enjoy viewing and following your videos..but how do we in the USA purchase your patterns? Does PayPal convert US pay to your currency..thank you for sharing.

[@JHLeather]

Yes it does 👍 you can view the prices in USD also by clicking on the GBP in the top right of the webpage on desktop and at the bottom of the drop down menu on mobile.

[@diastoleny]

Is this Minerva Box leather by chance?

[@JHLeather]

It is a milled shoulder 👍

[@claudiaceliaramirezrodrigu1349]

te adoro....

[@emilionovegil]

Que piel o cuero??

[@laura-leemurphyuta78]

Hello. Where can I order a large cutting/work surface like the one you are cutting on? THAT IS A FANTASTIC BAG!

[@JHLeather]

Heya, I got it from ebay, if you search fo A1 cutting mat then they should come up 👍

[@laura-leemurphyuta78]

Thank you!

[@cnh8888]

Nice job. Is this for women?

[@donnaohara6128]

top !0

[@pablonorte77]

Город Тула !

[@serge.davydenko]

Nice. IMHO. I think that you should use cattle split with a thickness of no more than 0.8 mm as a lining - this will make the product lighter. But for a bag for everyday use, leather is not suitable as a lining, since it is prone to dirt (grease). The best solution in my practice is a removable lining made of thick cotton or gabardine.

[@joemanthei695]

I was very confused at first because you were demonstrating gluing & folding over the top edge of your bag. However - in the product there are NO folded over edges. Confusing? You betcha. Then later you added the lining. Why show the folded over edge at the beginning?

[@JHLeather]

Because this outer bag is made in 2 pieces and where the bottom joins the top part there is a folded edge

[@joemanthei695]

@@JHLeather sorry. I didn’t catch that. Thank you!👍