Bag Completed! It’s not really a postal bag. It’s a raw leather satchel. I didn’t expect it to be this nice. I’ve surprised myself. I hand-sewed the leather strap to the sides with three parallel lines double-stitched. Notice the roughness of the leather edges. Good belts have the leather trimmed/rounded rather than a straight cut. [...]

I drew up plans for my version of the postal bag. I’m aiming for a large satchel that will hold a 15″ macbook. I re-drew the designs a few times, and have now adjusted it so that the main body of the bag will be made from a single piece of leather. From what I [...]