Fiber and Leather

A couple years ago I was trying to come up with a design where I could work with felted knits and leather. I started with the desert bag. I knitted up the bag and my good friend Marilyn stitched the leather flap on.

Desert Bag

Once I did that project, I thought I could expand on that so I made the Palisade bag. I had heard about this guy at work that was really good at leather work so I asked him if he would make me a leather flap on this felted bag. He agreed to try it out. The main body of the bag was made from Paton's wool with two strands of yarn. I started to make a backpack for my friend Barbara. I realized that the backpack would take more thinking so I started with a bag. I called it the Palisade bag.

Then the leather was worked by Albert Gonzales.  He is from Sante Fe, New Mexico. He does great leather work. tess