Leather Cross Body Bag/Phone Case with Lee Mattocks - Christmas Workshops 2024

On November 30th 2034, choose from a range of fantastic workshops, hosted by some of our favourite independents.

Join designer Lee Mattocks for one of his new Christmas crafternoon leather workshops and make your friends and relatives beautiful gifts and stocking fillers.

Cross Body Bag / Phone Case

In this workshop you will make a cross-body bag which can be used as a purse and a phone case.

You will learn how to construct this product from genuine quality leather sourced from a reputable tannery in the Netherlands and quality Italian hardware and be using Lee Mattocks original patterns. You can customise your bag if you are making it for yourself or as a gift and choose from many different combinations of 5 colours including tan, yellow, red, racing green, or black to make a unique product of gift.

You can also mix and match the colours of the different parts of this bag. This bag has one main compartment for your phone/purse and a small pocket on the front for cards.You will make your strap from leather cord and learn how to make a slip knot to make your bag adjustable for a wide range of shapes and sizes. There is also a tab and split ring on the side for keys and to hook small items on the side.

You will be guided through the construction step by step to make yourself this bag and learn lots of leather craft skills with support from Lee and other leatherworkers. We will also provide boxes and wrapping paper if you want to gift your item to a friend or loved one this Christmas.