Still Thirsty?

Do I seem obsessive? Ummmmmmm, you might be right. I love love love this Canteen Purse design. It’s fun to make, satisfying to see in its finished form and there are sooooo many shades of soft leather available to make it in, I can barely keep it together.

I certainly can’t stop making them.

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What`s that, Canteen Boy?

What a day! After messing around with patterns and not really getting anything concrete done in the studio all day yesterday, I more than made up for it today.

The below purse is what I’m most psyched about. I love the shape, I love the leather and I love how the super-simple design smacked me [...]

The Daily Planet – Afternoon Edition

A couple years ago, I adapted an old motorcycle bar bag pattern for use as a purse. Because it looked like the kind of thing I imagine Jimmy Olsen carries around, I called it The Daily Planet Purse. True to its namesake, it fit a camera and a small notebook perfectly.

Anyway, this version was [...]

Gunslinger

Even though this has been a long time in the imagining, I hadn’t planned to make it last week when I did. However, once I started messing around, I couldn’t stop.

Behold! The Gunslinger Purse!

Carries keys, cash , id, chapstick…

Thick bridle leather in a beautiful caramel colour. Hand-stitched with heavy cord.

Slits on [...]

Office Space

Yesterday I stopped into Tundra for a single bag of grommets and (as so often happens) walked out with a little bit more than I’d planned.

One of these things was a small cut of lipstick-pink leather I got a good deal on. I’m kind of wishing I had a whole lot more now because [...]