Make Your Own Clutch Bag, 05/18/25, 11 am - 5 pm, Washington, DC
Clutch Class is back, and this time you pick the leather color, and decide if you want a zipper or a flap! Come learn to make leather goods and create your own vegetable tanned leather clutch bag.
In this single day workshop, you will make adjustments to an existing pattern, cut, and stitch your own envelope style clutch bag with an optional wrist strap and a snap closure or zipper.
This workshop will take place at Amend and Adapt Studios in Brookland, NE washington DC from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Most students will finish their projects during the workshop; if it looks like you are not going to finish during class time, we will get you prepped to finish at home.
Workshop Details:
Bicycle Trash / Amend and Adapt Studio
at 716 Monroe St NE, Washington DC 20017
You will need to provide your own leather for this workshop!!!
You will supply a leather project panel in 3.5oz to 5oz oz weight vegetable tanned leather, in at least a size 11” x 18” (if you want a smaller or larger clutch, size down or up). If you need help sourcing your leather, reach out to Katie and she can help you get the right panel for your project.
Leather Panel Sources
BuckleGuy
District Leather Supply
Skills learned in this workshop:
edge finishing (bevel, sand, burnish to a high shine)
hand stitching with or without a stitching pony
cutting leather with a blade or scissors
pattern layout and modification
personalizing leather goods with letter stamps
using a snap and rivet setting machine
Tools and supplies provided by S&R for use during the workshop:
cutting mats
mallets and pounding boards
metal edge rulers for cutting
hand stitching needles and a variety of thread colors in .030 twisted waxed cord
pricking irons in 5mm (for making hand-stitching holes)
waterbased adhesive
Tokonole edge fluid
edge beveling tools and burnishing materials
card stock for making your pattern
thread in a variety of colors
snaps and swivel clips in antiqued brass
rivets in antique brass
YKK zippers in antique brass
Disclaimers and information:This workshop includes hammering with mallets and may not be appropriate for people with sensitivities to noise. Workshop tickets are non-refundable, however they are transferrable and you can gift or sell your ticket to someone else if you cannot make it to the class. Students who appear intoxicated will not be allowed to participate in classes and will not be given a refund. Light snacks and water/sodas will be provided and there are a number of nearby restaurants for a lunch break if desired.
Clutch Class is back, and this time you pick the leather color, and decide if you want a zipper or a flap! Come learn to make leather goods and create your own vegetable tanned leather clutch bag.
In this single day workshop, you will make adjustments to an existing pattern, cut, and stitch your own envelope style clutch bag with an optional wrist strap and a snap closure or zipper.
This workshop will take place at Amend and Adapt Studios in Brookland, NE washington DC from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Most students will finish their projects during the workshop; if it looks like you are not going to finish during class time, we will get you prepped to finish at home.
Workshop Details:
Bicycle Trash / Amend and Adapt Studio
at 716 Monroe St NE, Washington DC 20017
You will need to provide your own leather for this workshop!!!
You will supply a leather project panel in 3.5oz to 5oz oz weight vegetable tanned leather, in at least a size 11” x 18” (if you want a smaller or larger clutch, size down or up). If you need help sourcing your leather, reach out to Katie and she can help you get the right panel for your project.
Leather Panel Sources
BuckleGuy
District Leather Supply
Skills learned in this workshop:
edge finishing (bevel, sand, burnish to a high shine)
hand stitching with or without a stitching pony
cutting leather with a blade or scissors
pattern layout and modification
personalizing leather goods with letter stamps
using a snap and rivet setting machine
Tools and supplies provided by S&R for use during the workshop:
cutting mats
mallets and pounding boards
metal edge rulers for cutting
hand stitching needles and a variety of thread colors in .030 twisted waxed cord
pricking irons in 5mm (for making hand-stitching holes)
waterbased adhesive
Tokonole edge fluid
edge beveling tools and burnishing materials
card stock for making your pattern
thread in a variety of colors
snaps and swivel clips in antiqued brass
rivets in antique brass
YKK zippers in antique brass
Disclaimers and information:This workshop includes hammering with mallets and may not be appropriate for people with sensitivities to noise. Workshop tickets are non-refundable, however they are transferrable and you can gift or sell your ticket to someone else if you cannot make it to the class. Students who appear intoxicated will not be allowed to participate in classes and will not be given a refund. Light snacks and water/sodas will be provided and there are a number of nearby restaurants for a lunch break if desired.
Clutch Class is back, and this time you pick the leather color, and decide if you want a zipper or a flap! Come learn to make leather goods and create your own vegetable tanned leather clutch bag.
In this single day workshop, you will make adjustments to an existing pattern, cut, and stitch your own envelope style clutch bag with an optional wrist strap and a snap closure or zipper.
This workshop will take place at Amend and Adapt Studios in Brookland, NE washington DC from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Most students will finish their projects during the workshop; if it looks like you are not going to finish during class time, we will get you prepped to finish at home.
Workshop Details:
Bicycle Trash / Amend and Adapt Studio
at 716 Monroe St NE, Washington DC 20017
You will need to provide your own leather for this workshop!!!
You will supply a leather project panel in 3.5oz to 5oz oz weight vegetable tanned leather, in at least a size 11” x 18” (if you want a smaller or larger clutch, size down or up). If you need help sourcing your leather, reach out to Katie and she can help you get the right panel for your project.
Leather Panel Sources
BuckleGuy
District Leather Supply
Skills learned in this workshop:
edge finishing (bevel, sand, burnish to a high shine)
hand stitching with or without a stitching pony
cutting leather with a blade or scissors
pattern layout and modification
personalizing leather goods with letter stamps
using a snap and rivet setting machine
Tools and supplies provided by S&R for use during the workshop:
cutting mats
mallets and pounding boards
metal edge rulers for cutting
hand stitching needles and a variety of thread colors in .030 twisted waxed cord
pricking irons in 5mm (for making hand-stitching holes)
waterbased adhesive
Tokonole edge fluid
edge beveling tools and burnishing materials
card stock for making your pattern
thread in a variety of colors
snaps and swivel clips in antiqued brass
rivets in antique brass
YKK zippers in antique brass
Disclaimers and information:This workshop includes hammering with mallets and may not be appropriate for people with sensitivities to noise. Workshop tickets are non-refundable, however they are transferrable and you can gift or sell your ticket to someone else if you cannot make it to the class. Students who appear intoxicated will not be allowed to participate in classes and will not be given a refund. Light snacks and water/sodas will be provided and there are a number of nearby restaurants for a lunch break if desired.
