Saddle bag pattern
Bs 90The full pattern for my Saddle bag, printable at home, with every piece numbered, the stitching order and a list of the leather and hardware you need.
Leather bags and silver · La Paz, Bolivia
Saddle-brown bags and hand-formed silver, made in La Paz
Stitched by hand at my bench, one piece at a time. Made to order, repaired and drawn out as patterns you can sew yourself.
Made to order
From my bench to you
Tell me the shape, the leather and what you will carry in it, and I will draw it for you. Prices start where the simplest version does, and you hear the full number before I cut anything.
Made-to-order bag
Saddle, crossbody or tote, in the leather and hardware you pick. Drawn, cut and stitched by hand in six to eight weeks.
from Bs 1,200Silver jewellery
Hoops, pendants and rings formed by hand in silver and sized to you. Ready in two to three weeks.
from Bs 260Repairs
New straps, buckles, zips and stitching on leather bags, mine or anyone's. Usually back to you in a week.
from Bs 80
The work
At the bench and out in La Paz
To take home
Patterns and prints
About
Kamisaraki, I'm Wara
I grew up in El Alto watching my aunt cut leather for a saddle maker. I started with her offcuts: a wallet, then a belt, then my first Saddle bag, which took three months and eleven paper patterns before the shape was right.
My bench sits by a window on a hillside above the city, and I can see the cable cars while I work. I make to order, Tuesday to Saturday, and I answer inquiries in the evening.