DIY Leather Pyramid Bag

Can you believe it?  Another week has zipped past (again) and it's Friday!  Which means it's another round of DIY Friday to ease you into the weekend.

Here's my latest offering - inspired by Sass & Bide's awesome bags (which by the way have sold out in their online store already).


I won't lie - this was a pretty time-intensive DIY and if you don't have a half-decent sewing machine, you might as well kiss this goodbye and save yourself the heartache.  Let's just say it wasn't an easy task with my mum's el-crappo machine.



DIY LEATHER PYRAMID BAG


You'll need some leather (softer is easier to sew with a standard sewing machine, but too soft and the structure won't hold by itself), a sewing machine and some leather needles (they have a cutting triangular tip), some chain for a handle and a zip.

Make yourself a plan - don't follow mine exactly because I changed the dimensions later to make it work better, but you get the idea.  If you want, make a prototype out of paper and glue just to see if your pattern works.

Trace out your pattern and chop up that leather.

Start up that sewing machine, and firstly sew up the triangular pieces so you have a pyramid without a base.  Try and keep it neat or you might run into trouble later (case in point: 4th photo below shows the points not matching up!!).
Try not to hit struggle-town as you sew on your zipper to the bottom of the pyramid first, then the base square.  Reinforce the edges once you're done so that you don't get any raw bits poking out when you turn it inside-out.

Turn the tip of the pyramid inside out and get yourself your length of chain.  Make the chain into a loop and using some thick thread, sew it into the apex of the pyramid, hiding the stitch.

Et voila!

I might track down a piece of plastic or card that will fit into the base so that it doesn't deform every time I put something into it.  Other than that, I can't wait to debut it somewhere!  Even my dad was surprised with this project :)

Feeling up to the challenge?  Give us a holler if you make your own pyramid bag!

xx T