Videos

In this video I am going to attempt to reverse-engineer a foraging bag from scratch using leather and canvas - constructing the bag, and then constructing and attaching the leather strap. I may make the pattern downloadable (donations accepted), once I work out some of the measurement kinks. But for now I am pretty sure this video demonstrated the just of how to put something like this together.

It would be better to use waxed canvas but that is a whole another process in itself. Perhaps I will do that in another video. This is not a very primitive/stone-age project, but I think it is an interesting bush-crafty one. Maybe I will think of a way to "re-wild" this bag and make it more rustic - primitive.

In the third video I show how to modify both the bag and strap so that they are detachable. That way an untreated, dirty, or torn bag can be replaced or swapped out - as well as the strap.

Essential needed items and materials:
• 13.5" x 2" 2-4oz leather (vegetable tanned) - https://bit.ly/3mT8ZEQ
• 20" x 9" Canvas (or clothing leather, or whatever durable material you desire)
• Two 45" long pieces of Cordage
• Leather Punch - https://bit.ly/3F1xDtn
• Line Snaps and Setter - https://bit.ly/3CYkkJh
• Small Grommets Eyelets - https://bit.ly/3wotigs / https://amzn.to/3CRausN
• Mallet - https://bit.ly/3CXsrpI
• Utility blade
• Ruler/measuring tape
• Needle & Thread (or sewing machine)

FREE PATTERN DOWNLOAD >>