Showing posts with label vegan leather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegan leather. Show all posts

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Vegan (faux) Leather Purses and Totes

As you can see, I've gotten addicted to vegan leather. I work with all colors and all texture. I've broken so many needles that I've lost count, but I enjoy how clean my works are. 
This was a yellow and black trim and strap purse. 

This was a pale pink and brown tote. I used magnetic snaps for the closure and rivets on the straps.

This silhouette was cut from a black faux leather and then sewn to the cream faux leather. The traps were once skinny belts that were cut to length and padded by some of the cream faux leather. 

This technique was a first for me. I did cartes brodee in an Eiffel Tower pattern. I made this into a bucket tote shape and used draw string for closure thru the grommets I installed. 

This slouch style faux leather and ankara purse was one of the first faux leather pieces I did. I also used a recessed zipper for the closure. 

This was another bucket tote that I did with a textured faux leather. The texture was a wood grain pattern. Four grommets and cord allowed me to make the strap. This bucket tote has an oval bottom.

I don't know what you'd call this shape. But it was not the easiest thing to sew along the seams. 



Tuesday, April 22, 2014

More than just another fold and sew placemat purse

Thanks to many pioneers, I've fallen in love with placemat purse making. I, however, quickly got bored with the simple fold and sew. I started challenging myself to make purses that one would be hard pressed to identify the placemats in the purse.
I just completed this white vegan leather placemat purse that really challenged me. I wanted to put in zipper, but did not want to lose the integrity of the placemat. I ended using new techniques and even getting a rivet set for the vinyl.

Currently, I'm working on another one that I'm still trying to work my head around. 
Meanwhile, here are a few more. 
 Scalloped beaded placemat using zipper as closure.

 This used two round placemats  and gusset to achieve the look.
This was also two placemats used along with a vegan leather piece for the flap.