#52 large bookbag

I have ordered and received a large quantity of dark brown leather for my next bag. It is beautiful leather, but it is much softer than the leather I've used in the past. A lot of bags sold today are very soft, but I don't know if it will work for my designs. So now I've worked 25 hours on this bag, and I still have no idea if I'm going to like it. I'd say there's a 5% chance that it will be an incredible new direction for my work, a 45% chance that I will think it is o.k./tolerable, and a 50% chance that I have just wasted $300 on leather I won't want to use for anything! The annoying thing is, I won't know if the bag works until it is completely finished. Oh well, there is much to be learned from failure, right? So I'll keep moving ahead.

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Wish me luck on the final product!

Thanks for checking in,

maureen