Every single day

 By: AndyFerrari    18:44  bag, vacations   No comments

Arrived at Itapema (it's a beach at Santa Catarina) yesterday and it's raaaaainiiiiiing! Sad ;-; I really like to go running and we brought bikes....hope it will get better the next few days.

And I made a little something to keep my new notebook (yey) from getting scratched. It was fun making this, thinking about making more :3

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'Cause I'll tell you everything about

 By: AndyFerrari    15:22  backpack, bag, exposition, masks   No comments

So! I'm getting ready for the exposition I'll be having at Alliance Française Maringá, and I've spent the last couple of weeks figuring out the masks I'm gonna make. I'm running a test to one of them and I'll post the results soon.

In the meanwhile I've been thinking about the bags too. This is what's coming next:

(note that that's not the accurate color of the fabrics....I tried my best but the camera didn't help...)

It will be a little backpack. And I'm not posting the model 'cause I just sketched it out and it's a mess....... But I'll post pictures of it as it goes foward.

I also have a new love affair: Pinterest.com <.3

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Some more

 By: AndyFerrari    05:31  bag, course, design, florence, leather   No comments

More pictures from the course at Scuola del Cuoio

While waiting for the sewing machine, I took the time to figure a way to make a thumbring for the chinese archery classes at the Pa Kua school. It's not the most amazing thing in the world, but it works fine XD

And here is the final result of the project. The strap didn't came out exactly like I wanted, but it was really hard to find enought leather to make such a long braid. I actually like the colors, but it turned out a lot more rustic than I expected.

Here, just a close shot from the front buttons.

And here, the inside. No lining, open pocket.

Later I'll make some decent shots from the hole, done bag =]

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Classes are over....

 By: AndyFerrari    04:58  bag, bags, course, design, florence, leather   No comments

And I managed to get some of the pictures.

Our final project for the course was a bag. I chose a rather simple design, since I decided to hand stitch it (just poking the leather to make the holes takes a hole lot of time...)

Here's a closer view of the stitching, from a side piece.

The cut pieces before being stitched together.

I decided to have no lining on it, and leave all the sides raw. The only part that was sewed from the inside and turned, were the bottom corners.

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