The Blog: What's Happening at Viv & Edie

Creating my first-ever sewn bag pattern

I feel like I've done enough practicing on other people's patterns, and I'm raring to work on my own design. I haven't gotten to play much with cur...

All finished

And here's how that tote bag turned out. What do you think?

Building a tote bag

I've been working on another practice project and thought you might like to see what's happening and some of the elements that go into it. After cu...

Two new skills unlocked - Zippers and piping

I've finished another practice project! This one is a small zipper pouch, for toiletries or makeup, with a zipper top and piped edges. Piping is n...

Saddle Stitching - The Process

Do you know why saddle stitching is so time consuming? In addition to being done entirely by hand, it needs to be done in two steps. The needles u...

Improving!

Not too shabby for student project number three. I saddle stitched this whole clutch by hand and my stitches are even and stitch lines are almost ...

My first-ever tote bag

I just finished my first-ever non-clutch bag! This tote isn’t my design. It’s a practice piece from one of the luxury leatherworking techniques...

Trying something new

I'm nearly out of clutch frames. I've ordered more, but due to Covid and Chinese New Year and Spring celebrations, they're stuck in a warehouse un...

Foil printing

A couple of years ago I figured out how to create custom metallic foil prints on leather. I LOVE the way they catch the light with a soft metallic ...