Pockets Course

12 Pockets to learn: Slides and zips, made of fabric and leather, divider & laptop compartments — all kinds of them

Buy $89.00

All classes are video-recorded, step-by-step lessons

with detailed explanations of what, how, and why, including possible troubleshooting.

Pockets included

Course curriculum

1. Welcome to the course!
2. How to use this course
1. FIY: Marks and tracing on leather
2. Placement of the inside pockets and gluing leather details
3. What thread to use
1. Width, height and the placement
2. Cutting fabric detail and leather strip for the top
3. Slide pockets 1: stitching the leather strip and bottom
4. Slide pockets 2: Ironing the bottom
5. Slide pockets 3: Pinning and picking the good size
6. Slide pockets 4: Stitching the bottom and Vertical seams
7. Slide pockets 5: Reinforcing
1. Cutting the strips for zip pullers and key holder
2. The loop zip puller
3. The "tongue" zip puller
4. Key holder and small loop for the inside zip pocket
5. Setting the rivets of the pullers
1. Pattern of the frame
2. Cutting the fabric
3. 1. Stitching the outer frame
4. 2. Cutting inner frame
5. 3. Gluing zipper
6. 4. The bottom stitch
7. 5.1 Gluing the top
8. 5.2 Stitching the top
9. 6. Stitching the sides
1. 1. Make the cut in the leather detail
2. 2. Gluing the zipper and tricks to make it easier
3. 3. Gluing the fabric to the bottom
4. 4. Stitching the bottom
5. 5. Trick with the bottom for smooth opening and gluing the top
6. 6. Stitching the top
7. 7. Stitching the sides of the pocket inside
8. Troubleshooting with the side stitching inside
9. The "tongue" zip puller for the outside zip pocket on the back
1. Lined bag: 1. size of the pocket, placement and tracing on the detail
2. Lined bag: 2. Reinforcement
3. Lined bag: 3. Stitching the pocket to the detail
4. Lined bag: 4. Finishing the pocket with cross-stitching around the top
5. Unlined bag: tricks of placement the slide pocket on the tote, gluing and reinforcing the sides on the top
6. Unlined bag: Stitching the pocket
1. 1. Making the cut in leather and materials
2. 2. Gluing the zipper
3. 3. Stitching the "bottom" part
4. 4. Gluing fabric to the top
5. 5. Stitching the top
6. 6. Stitching the fabric on the sides
7. 7. Trick so the pocket won't fall off
1. 1. Make a frame cut in the leather detail
2. 2.Gluing the zipper straight
3. 3.Stitching the bottom
4. 4.Gluing the top and trick with the bottom
5. 5.Stitching the top
6. 6. Stitching the sides
1. Materials needed and 6 easy steps to make the pocket
2. 1. Tracing and cutting the leather for the pocket.
3. 2. Making the inner cut to frame the zipper in
4. 3. Reinforcing the zipper's ends and gluing the zipper
5. 4.Stitching the inner frame: Troubleshooting
6. 4. Stitching of the inner cut — the good one.
7. 5.Placement & reinforcement: 5.1 Placing and gluing the pocket
8. 5.Placement & reinforcement: 5.2 Reinforcing the pocket on the bag's body
9. 6.Stitching the outside edges
10. Knots and making a leather zip puller
1. 1. Cutting the fabric and reinforcement details
2. 2. Making the top stitch
3. 3. Making marks for vertical seams and magnet/snap closures
4. 4. Stitching vertical seams to secure reinforcement inside
5. 5. Pinning the pocket to the main detail
6. 6. Stitching the pocket and main detail together
7. 7. Attaching snap/magnet closures to the pocket and 2 ways to attach them
1. Coming
1. Coming
1. Coming

About this course

$89.00
74 lessons
4 hours of video content

This class is also available with the Bag Creator Course

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Khelman Bags Academy

Pockets Course

All classes are video-recorded, step-by-step lessons

Pockets included

Course curriculum

Welcome to the course!

General Info

Slide pockets inside

Leather pullers for zip pockets

Zip pocket in the leather frame (works for inside and outside)

Outside hidden zip pocket #1 — cut in leather

Leather slide pocket

Vertical zip pocket

Open zip pocket

Outside slip leather pocket with zipper on it

Laptop compartment

Hidden outside zip pocket #2 — under leather strip

Divider Compartment

2in1 Slide-Zip leather pocket

About this course

This class is also available with the Bag Creator Course

Level 2: Bag Designer from scratch

Level 3: Craftsmanship