 Hey guys, it's Brandon creative happily dressed the fashion blog dedicated to self-acceptance self-confidence and self-sufficiency and welcome back to my channel So today, we are at my lovely and unorganized sewing station because we are doing one of my first sewing tutorials And it's very funny because this is a no-sew sewing tutorial. So Is it cheating I don't think so, but let's get right into it today We are making a leather crossbody bag this idea came to me super randomly where I was just shopping at value village I found a really cool leather pouch I thought it'd be really cool to turn it into a leather crossbody bag everything you'll need for this tutorial includes One leather pouch and honestly, this can be any kind of material. This can be leather. This can be denim Any kind of pouch you can find at a random thrift store. That's how this tutorial is gonna work Go thrifting find a cool bag make sure they have either loops on the side or loops on the back So that way you can feed something through it or clip something to it That's the only way the tutorial is gonna work So you'll need one leather bag or any kind of bag of any material. You'll also need one adjustable strap I got this from my famous laptop bags that I get all the time from the thrift store So I'm telling you go out go thrifting find some kind of bag And then you'll also this is so easy You'll be able to find an adjustable strap on a suitcase a travel bag Just look in the bag section of your local goodwill value village, etc And you'll find yourself one of these bad boys will also be customizing this leather bag So you'll also need Acrylic paint I chose white little stencils to like write things with own paint brush Also, I found that having tape some kind of duct tape painters tape Makes it easier to help the stencils stay down and then to help the paint dry a little faster than waiting overnight We have a blow dryer. So that is all you need. We're just gonna go for this Like I said before this idea randomly came to me when I found that bag And I got home and found that strap from an old laptop bag that I never used and I thought you know what? Why not make this a cool crossbody bag? So you guys are gonna follow me on this DIY journey Hopefully I don't eff it up. I have a feeling that I might but let's get started So basically this leather crossbody bag is already made all you have to do is clip The straps that you got from your laptop bag onto the loops of your actual bag Also, I don't if you can see that but this only cost me a dollar and eighty seven cents The strap was pretty cheap as well. So here we go and make sure it's just even all the way around Perfect. So these are two different items that you can bring together to make one whole bag It honestly looks like I bought this just like this, but I did not I promised they were two separate items So now what we're gonna do is customize the bag. So I think I'm gonna write some cool saying I like the saying live for you if you follow me on Instagram, you'll know I painted that on the back of a denim jacket. That was really sloppy So I'm gonna do a better job on this one. I might do it one letter at a time just to make sure I get it Right for you guys. So now I have my placement right I think I've decided I'm gonna go letter by letter just because it's gonna be easiest And I really really don't want to mess this up So I'm gonna start with live basically you want to just make sure that the words actually fit on your bag So I'm gonna start with live and I'm gonna tape down the L Oh Once you're done painting and so if you're doing this at home, please do not follow step by step Learn from my mistakes for one. I wasn't using my stencils as well as I could have been I got a lot of bleed Which I thought ruined the bag at first I went to my sink to try to wash the whole letter off because I was just gonna paint a stripe across because that's so much easier to do Versus using a stencil and it ended up not washing all the way off, but it gave it a cool faded look So after every letter because of course it was gonna be bleed because my stencils aren't the highest quality I went to the sink and washed over it with a rag and warm water I just washed right over the letter the excess and bleed came right off and it kind of chipped away at what was there Which I thought was really cool. So it made it look more vintage and worn And like it's supposed to be like that. So this is a final product. It says live for you I actually think it turned out pretty well Considering how much bleed I really got from these stencils. It was crazy I did not expect it to bleed that much. I mean, that's what I get for trying to use a stencil If you're an artist, I think it would be better if you just like paint it the letters yourself Like chase them out maybe with like white crayon or white pencil or something like that And then just chase over it with your paintbrush that might have been a lot better But this kind of look like it was stamped on there, which I think was pretty cool And it's faded like I said before thanks to my trick of just like rinsing over it with water to get all that excess stuff out Let's see the way it looks on me. I honestly don't think that looks that bad. Oh Wow, I think that looks pretty good. Look at me Look at how to turn a failure into something cool I like that a lot actually and actually you can wear it two different ways Well, we can put it like this and then put the blazer Over the jacket oh Awesome, so this is what it looks like on with it inside of the blazer That's nice Okay cross body big, but you can also wear it behind you like a backpack. I think that looks really cool, too. Oh Wow, I honestly thought it was a fail just because it bled so much, but I'm not hating that So there you go. That's how you make a no-sew DIY leather cross body bag All you had to do is strip a cool pouch whether it be leather denim any type of material from your local thrift store Also pick up some kind of adjustable strap from your local thrift store if you go to the bag section They'll always have something with adjustable straps and then to have these cool words all you need is acrylic paint good working stencils a paintbrush and Oh blow dryer just to make the drying process a little quicker Also, if you're not that good with stencils paint in general Definitely just go for like a stripe if you just use duct tape and just tape down both sides and just paint in the middle I'm all even paint on the sides and just pull that duct tape off right after it dries You will have a clean solid line and it'll look more professional like you bought it somewhere Versus the one outlook that I have here. I think either one is fine I was gonna do the stripe if I could get that L off and I didn't get the L off So I decided to just keep going but I think this looks really cool It looks worn in it looks vintage almost looks military Esk or if it was just like stamped on there and left to dry if you guys enjoyed this video Make sure you give it a thumbs up for me It really helps me out a lot and I worked hard to finish this bag if you don't already you can follow me on my Instagram and My Twitter they're both at they be hated and if I'm fortunate enough to have you stick around Make sure you hit that subscribe button right down below You can hit that notification bell as well to be notified whenever I post a video and I will see you guys in My next one. See you guys later