I recently finished up a backpack built for a 17" Macbook with sleeve.
The leather is a medium weight harness latigo. Once I got the pattern settled, one of the hardest parts was getting the right weight stitching- closer to a harness weight cord, than sewing thread that I usually use for footwear. It really inspired me to do some more designs based around the construction details.
I used rivets for the first time as both decorative and functional details.
Doing the internal pocket proved more vexing than expected- probably more to do with the fact that I haven't built a fabric pocket with a zipper in close to ten years:
So with summer here, I should be adding more projects to the blog.
Until next time,
Erick
