Hello everyone,
I've just finished my first-ever briefcase and would like to share it with you here.
I wanted to make a bag similar to the Cutler but didn't want to add piping, so I went with a turned edge. It was nice (and nerve-racking) to skive all the sides of the gusset by hand with a French skiver.
The pictures are of awful quality thanks to my old phone, but the colour is actually burgundy (buttero).
It came out about 90% right. Some things could have been done better, like the handles, which could have been a bit shorter, and I still need to improve on small details. I'll be adding a shoulder strap as soon as it arrives.
Overall I'm satisfied. I'm my own client for this one so can't complain much haha.
Any criticism is appreciated.
Great work! It's nice to see a variation on the Cutler design.
Design wise, I probably would have bought the handles up a tad on the panel, as well as shortened them. Construction wise, I would like to see a little more distance between the stitching and the edges in certain areas, just to add more strength to the seam (maybe the camera angle?).
I really like it though, the turned edge works well.
It would be interesting to see if the base could have wrapped around the turned edge of the zip gusset, blending them in a little more. I'd have to prototype that to see if it could work however.
A bit like this: