Brea Bag

Fall’s coming!  This probably isn’t big news to you but it’s a big deal to me. (Summer isn’t my favorite time of year.) I’ve been putting the finishing touches on some bags for fall.  Here’s the Brea Bag, a free pattern from the Berroco web site, which I made in my favorite olive-y green Ultra Alpaca.  It’s lined with a wild print and I sewed in a zipper a few weekends ago, so except for a handle it’s ready to go.  Anybody know any leatherworkers here in Central Ohio? I need to find someone to make a nice brown leather strap for it… with antique brass D-rings and with my initials stamped into the strap.  So far the closest leather craft store I can find is in Mount Vernon, Ohio.  If anybody knows someone closer I’d really appreciate the help!

Here’s a close-up of the wild lining: