The Upcycled Tote Online Course - FREE

This is a great introduction to working with leather. We walk you through different ways to source leather such as charity shops. We want to inspire you to consider using materials, leather and tools that you might already have in your house. There is so much that you can use to make bags from!

About this course

• FREE
• 15 lessons
• 2 hours of video content
• Stop / Pause / Rewind and watch as many times as you want
• Downloadable Pattern

Course Curriculum


Introduction


🎥 - Welcome to our upcycled leather tote bag course!!!

🎥 - What You Need - Materials & Tools and showing deconstruction techniques for leather garments

🎥 - Start Your Journey Here!

01 - General Prep

🎥 - Learning how to draft a pattern for your bag & cut the materials

🎥 - How to cut your lining and iron on stabilisers

🎥 - Learning how to prep the handles

🎥 - Final Prep - clipping together the panels ready for sewing


02 - Main Construction


🎥 - Setting up Your Sewing Machine ready for sewing leather

🎥 - Let's get Sewing!

🎥 - Learning how to glue the seams flat

🎥 - Sewing the Main Body


03 - Bringing it all Together


🎥 - Pocket construction, side seam and top stitching facing

🎥 - Box of the corners of the bag

🎥 - Final Sewing - Bringing the Bag Together

🎥 - Handle Construction & Finishing Touches




Learning outcomes:

Teach you what to look out for when sourcing leather jackets
The best method to deconstruct garments
How to place and cut your panels from up-cycled materials
Professional leather construction techniques
Step by step video tutorials on how to assemble the bag
How to sew a patch pocket
How to attach a drawstring closure