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leather laptop case for macbook pro

October 19, 2015 by Whitney Bai

Handmade envelope style laptop case using vegetable tanned leather with a single silver stud button closure. Process: The laptop case is made using one piece of natural veg tanned leather. Designed the pattern and made a prototype with muslin cloth for a perfect fit. Clean cut with sharp rotary knife. Corners were pre punched to prevent tearing. Pattern cut and ready for dyes. Dye the whole piece with leather dye in color “evening blue” from TandyLeather. Wait till it’s dry […]

Categories: Softgoods • Tags: bag, button, case, dye, handmade, laptop, leather, leatherworking, macbook, macbookpro, stud, veg tanned, wax, whitneybai

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Pixelated Body

April 10, 2015 by Whitney Bai

Work published in DesignBoom This project is for my ID & Apparel course IN ON AROUND AND BETWEEN, which explore the space and interaction in, on around the body and in between. My project started with the discussion on how technology enlarged our daily vocabulary. Words like pixel and voxel are now taken out of their original context and made their way to other aspects of our lives, like fashion–techno eccentric, is the formal name apparently. I can’t say I […]

Categories: Softgoods • Tags: apparel, button, id, leather, modular, risd, rivets, shoulder piece, transformation, vegetable tanned leather, Whitney Bai

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The Little Black Bag

March 5, 2015 by Whitney Bai

Categories: Freelance, Softgoods • Tags: button, cow, handmade, hide, leather, leatherbag, leathercraft, purse, The little black bag

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Leather Sunglasses Pouch

December 2, 2014 by Whitney Bai

Categories: Softgoods • Tags: bag, button, handmade, leather, pouch, sleeve, sunglasses, tag, vegetable tanned

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Leather Shoulder Bag

November 3, 2014 by Whitney Bai

Process:   Cut out leather.Use every uneven leather on the inside to minimize waster. (I learned from the leather workshop that most high end companies won’t accept leather with flaws even they are perfect fine when used strategically.) Prepare hardware. Cut out strap.Dye the strap into dark brown color.Ready to get stitched together.Inside saddle stitches.Attached second tone flap.Finished!

Categories: Softgoods • Tags: button, cow hide, handmade, hardware, leather, messenger bag, shoulder bag, vegetable tan

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Two folds wallet.

October 30, 2014 by Whitney Bai

Dye a piece of leather into desirable shade.Cut to exact measurement, attach necessary hardware if applicable.Saddle stitch. Apply masking tape around the edges to prepare for edge dying. Grove inside the folds to make it fold easily. Finish! Left: the single compartment card holder. Right: two-fold wallet.

Categories: Softgoods • Tags: button, button hole, diy, dye, edge dye, handmade, holder, leather, money, pounch, purse, saddle stitch, tan, vegetable tanned, wallet

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Having fun with fabric

October 10, 2014 by Whitney Bai

Categories: Softgoods • Tags: button, cloth, craft, fabric, flipflops, floral, handmade, kindle sleeve, laptop, laptopcase, pencilbag, pencilcase, recycle, repurpose, reuse, sewing machine, shoes, sleeve, slippers, tshirt, tshirtblanket, waterbottle

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