For a long time I was looking for a summer bag in a bright cornflower blue color. And finally I found one on the Internet, ordered and brought from an online store this purse, declared as leather, with the corresponding price. I liked it very much and I would have lived in perfect harmony for many years, so no … The handles were clearly not leather and soon cracked.
The little head got twisted - well, I was not ready to part with cornflower-blue beauty in any way!
The way out, of course, was found and the bag makes me happy again. I didn’t come up with anything new - I sewed the covers for the handles now as if from leather, since it was not difficult to put them on. The process itself did not take much time, the most difficult thing was to turn the handles inside out onto the face. But what can't you do for the sake of your favorite handbag. Improved her quality of life quickly and inexpensively:
- bought a piece of thin leather;
- cut and cut blanks from it;
- glued them with a thick cotton cloth with ordinary all-purpose glue;
- I also glued the tips and wrapped them inside out;
- the blanks are ready, folded in half and sewn on a typewriter;
- a needle special for leather, in stores for sewing these are on sale;
- Well, now the handles are already in place, also bright and pleasant to the touch;
I think someone will use my simple experience of returning a second life to a purse.
Leather craftsmen will surely give you more practical advice - it will be interesting to read them.