Leather Tote Bag Pattern PDF – Geometric Owl Shoulder Bag

This leather tote bag pattern lets you make a structured everyday tote with a distinctive geometric owl panel built into the front pocket. Designed as a digital leather tote bag pattern for intermediate leatherworkers, it includes full-size PDF templates, a DXF file and pre-marked stitching holes for accurate hand stitching.

What You’ll Make

Create a spacious leather tote bag designed for everyday use, with long shoulder handles and a bold geometric owl design forming part of the front pocket.

The finished bag has a structured shape with a 10 cm depth, giving it useful carrying capacity while keeping a clean, practical profile.

The design also includes a large external pocket measuring 24.5 cm by 32 cm.

What’s Included

• PDF pattern for A4 paper
• PDF pattern for US Letter paper
• Full-size 1:1 pattern pieces
• DXF file for laser cutting
• Pre-marked stitching holes
• Clear pattern layout for assembly
• Online step-by-step video tutorial
• No scaling required when printed at the correct size

Finished Size

Finished bag:

• Height: 40 cm / 15.75 inches
• Width: 32 cm / 12.6 inches
• Depth: 10 cm / 3.94 inches

External pocket:

• 24.5 cm by 32 cm / 9.65 inches by 12.6 inches

Leather & Hardware

Recommended leather:

• Vegetable-tanned leather
• 5–6 oz / approximately 2.0–2.4 mm
• Medium to firm temper
• Approximate leather required: 86 cm by 95 cm / 33.86 inches by 37.4 inches
• Recommended thread: 0.8 mm

Hardware required:

• 2 x 25 mm rectangle loops

Suggested tools:

• Craft knife
• Hole punch
• Edge beveler
• Two needles
• Hammer

Leather, hardware, thread and tools are not included.

Video Tutorial

A step-by-step video tutorial is included to help you through the build:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f_nHZ4KSCk

Who This Pattern Is For

This pattern is designed for intermediate leatherworkers with basic leatherworking experience.

Pre-marked stitching holes and full-size pattern pieces help keep the build accurate and predictable, while the video tutorial shows the construction process step by step.

Digital Download

This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD. No physical item will be shipped.

You will receive digital pattern files for making the leather tote bag shown. The A4 and US Letter PDF files are prepared at full size for home printing at 1:1 scale.

You may use the pattern for personal projects or to make finished physical products for your small business.

The pattern files themselves may not be resold, copied or distributed.

Designed & Tested in the Workshop

TreeHouse Patterns are designed, made and tested in our own leather workshop before they are released.