DIY petite pochette en cuir
Make your little handbag organizer: the essential to stop losing your valuables!
We made two tutorials for this cover. A larger "Belt Bag" version and a smaller "Bag Organizer" version.

belt bag
The first version can hold your mobile phone, your bank card and your keys: an essential for the 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 sheltered, stored in the same place, all in an elegant and unique way!

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

You will find in this blog article, 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
Max cost: 19,00 €
The products needed to complete this tutorial
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  • SIZE: 15x20cm 20x30cm 30x40cm 8x50cm
  • THICKNESS: 0.5mm 1mm 1.2mm 1.4mm 1.6mm 1.9mm 2.2mm 2.5mm
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Sale price2,30 €
  • FINISHING: Brass Aged silver Gun barrel Aged brass Nickel plated old copper
  • CONDITIONING: Per 5 Per 50
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  • CAPACITY: 60ml 250ml
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  • FINISHING: Aged silver gun barrel luxury gold Aged brass Nickel plated
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  • FINISHING: Nickel plated Brass Aged brass
  • WIDTH: 10mm 15mm 20mm 25mm
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THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT

To complete this tutorial, you will need:

  • 1 piece of CLASSIC vegetable tanned leather of 20 x 30 cm
  • 2 nickel-plated T3 screw collar buttons
  • 1 jar of tragacanth gum for edge finishing
  • 1 bag chain of 10 cm or more according to your desires
  • 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 Ø 3mm
  • A mallet
  • A silver pencil
  • A cutter
  • A ruler or ruler
  • A cloth
  • 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, tint the leather with olive oil. Put at least 2 coats on the flower (the place) of the leather, trying to put 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 and if possible in front of a window.
DIY small leather pouch

2. CUT THE PATTERN

Download the pattern from our site. Print it in real size, then cut it out, remembering to make the holes using the 3 mm cookie cutter.
Transfer the pattern to the split leather (backside) using a 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 2 incisions of 3 mm indicated on the pattern for the passage of the head of the collar buttons.
DIY small leather pouch

5. WORK THE SLICES

Lightly sand the edges with sandpaper. Then apply tragacanth gum.
Put a thin layer of the product on the edges of the leather. Wait a few moments for the product to soak in, then rub the rim vigorously with a cloth.
DIY small leather pouch
DIY small leather pouch

6. OPTION: CUSTOMIZE THE CASE

Optional : personalize the cable pocket with an inscription using alphabet stamps. To do this, slightly moisten the leather with a sponge, then hit the alphabet stamps on the leather.

You can use a stamp guide to make your inscription straight. To learn more, here is an explanatory video on the use of a guide for stamps and alphabet stamps:
VIDEO GUIDE FOR STAMPS >

DIY small leather pouch

7. APPLY WAX

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

DIY small leather pouch

8. ASSEMBLE THE POUCH

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

9. ASSEMBLE THE BAG CHAIN

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

10. SCREW THE COLLAR BUTTON

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

YOUR POUCH IS FINISHED...

Ready to welcome 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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