DIY petite pochette en cuir

Make your own little handbag organizer: the essential to never lose your valuables again!
We've created two tutorials for this pouch. A larger "Belt Bag" version and a smaller "Bag Organizer" version.

belt bag

The first version can hold your cell phone, bank card and keys: a must-have for summer and for your walks or bike rides.
SEE THE 1ST VERSION >

The second version is smaller, attached to your handbag with a chain, it is specially designed to store your cables and accessories, for example for your smartphone. They are thus all safe, stored in the same place, all in an elegant and unique way!

Dimensions of the closed case: 12 cm wide and 9 cm high.

In this blog article, you will find the tutorial and pattern for the second version: the bag organizer .

Download the pattern
This free pattern is for private use only. It is to be printed in real size. Download the PDF pattern
Supplies
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The products needed to complete this tutorial
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THE NECESSARY MATERIALS

To complete this tutorial, you will need:

  • 1 piece of CLASSIC vegetable tanned leather measuring 20 x 30 cm
  • 2 nickel-plated T3 screw collar buttons
  • 1 jar of gum tragacanth for edge finishing
  • 1 bag chain of 10 cm or more depending on your wishes
  • 1 oval rotating carabiner for 15 mm lanyard
  • 1 collar button with ring 8 mm
  • 1 tube of special leather contact glue


And the following material:

  • A round punch cutter Ø 3mm
  • A mallet
  • A silver pencil
  • A cutter
  • A ruler or a rule
  • A rag
  • Olive oil and a brush
  • Shoe polish, grease or oil to nourish the leather
  • Optional: Alphabet letter and number stamps - 0.32 cm

DIY small leather pouch

1. TINTING THE LEATHER

Using a wide brush, stain the leather with olive oil. Apply at least two coats to the grain (right side) of the leather, trying to apply the same amount of oil everywhere and always going in the same direction.
Let the oil soak into the leather for at least a day, if possible in front of a window.
DIY small leather pouch

2. CUT OUT THE PATTERN

Download the pattern from our website. Print it out in actual size, then cut it out, remembering to make the holes using the 3 mm punch.
Transfer the pattern onto the leather crust (the reverse side) using the silver pencil.
DIY small leather pouch

3. CUT THE LEATHER

Cut the leather with a cutter following the pattern.
DIY small leather pouch

4. MAKE THE HOLES

Make the 7 holes indicated on the pattern using the 3 mm punch and a mallet.
DIY small leather pouch Make the two 3 mm incisions indicated on the pattern for the passage of the collar button heads.
DIY small leather pouch

5. WORK THE SLICES

Lightly sand the slices with sandpaper. Then, apply tragacanth gum.
Apply a thin layer of the product to the edges of the leather. Wait a few moments for the product to absorb, then rub the edge briskly with a cloth.
DIY small leather pouch
DIY small leather pouch

6. OPTION: CUSTOMIZE THE CASE

Optional : Personalize the cable pouch with an inscription using alphabet stamps. To do this, lightly dampen the leather with a sponge, then stamp the alphabet stamps onto the leather.

You can use a stamp guide to ensure your lettering is straight. To learn more, here's a video tutorial on how to use a stamp guide and alphabet stamps:
VIDEO GUIDE FOR MATERIALS >

DIY small leather pouch

7. APPLY THE WAX

Polish the leather piece with shoe polish. Apply a thin layer evenly with a cloth.
VIDEO THE RAY >

DIY small leather pouch

8. ASSEMBLE THE POUCH

Glue the bottom part of the case with contact adhesive. Then, screw on the 2 collar buttons.
Add a dot of glue to each screw thread to reinforce the tightening.
DIY small leather pouch

9. ASSEMBLE THE BAG CHAIN

Using 2 pliers, open the links at each end of the bag chain and enclose one part on the collar button ring and the other on the end of the carabiner.
DIY small leather pouch

10. SCREW THE COLLAR BUTTON

Finally, screw the collar button with ring onto the case.
DIY small leather pouch

YOUR POUCH IS FINISHED...

Ready to accommodate your cables!
DIY small leather pouch

Release
Tutorial taken from the french magazine "Idées à faire" N°30 DE NOVEMBRE/DÉCEMBRE 2020
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