$1,400 JOB! - Bottega Veneta Plastic Tote (Makeover)
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Interesting bag, this bag was 100% PVC. The diamond design was pretty cool but it appears that the glue they used just disintegrated the plastic over time. Customers request was to add Red suede somewhere didn’t matter where. So I came up with this design idea to make the bag one of a kind Bottega Vaneta Tote.
I didn’t think it was plausible to sew on PVC. I learned something new today.
It is! You just have to use leather prongs to mark your holes for a seam and use a stitching awl to puncture stitching holes. It behaves mostly like leather, minus the long term stretchable aspect.
I do believe leather sewing machines or heavy duty sewing machines can stitch on PVC (coated canvas), but that's far my field of expertise 😅
Very cool to add your own name on the inside of the bag! Watchmakers are known to do this when they service watches, ie mark the inside of the caseback.
I always think, another, stupid bag but you always make it awsome to watch. And i love to see how you do your magic
.....and magic cost money. Another job wel done brother❤
Don't normally have too much interest in bag work, but this was just brilliant. I think the owner now has a much higher quality product
I can guarantee one thing, there’s not to many people around who could do this kind of restoration. Also it’s customer’s preference but I would have requested all black.
I love how you sharpen your blade. You work RESTORING items so why would you just throw away something that can sharpened. You're awesome.
Never heard of this brand. I flipped through google. Is this bag seriously $15K? Whatever this person paid for it Steve made it to last! Love these videos!
I am glad that you left your name inside of the bag. When it gets restored, again, many years from now, they respect the changes you made more readily. Ok, maybe it is just me. If one changes or deviates from the original, it is always good to know why.
I don't see how these high cost label brands get away with using cheesy materials. That bag should've been made from patent leather. But, nice work saving it and giving it new life.
It's really weird because Bottega Veneta usually boasts about their superior leather selection. I find it odd they used PVC, since yes, as you said, they could have accomplished the same style with patent leather
Another job well done! You are awesome at what you do! I thoroughly enjoyed your videos! 💯🙂
It's been over 6 months since I watched some videos. Have done back-to-back-to-back days/nights (10-02-23 thru 10-04-23).
Steve as usual you do not disappoint. The completed bag blew me away. The red suede made it pop and took it to the next level. I am not a Bottega lover at all, but i would definitely buy that peice. Im still shaking my head at this one. Wow, I am lost for words!! Well done.
Спасибо за видео! Вы мастер - золотые руки!
Love the touch of red very nice .
I love how you disclose the project costs. Awesome project, and worth every penny to its owner.
As usual, amazing work. The craftsmanship is appreciated.
This bag is phenomenal. I love how it turned out. If they made them as you do, maybe they would be actually really worth the money. Fantastic job!
I love watching your videos of your superb craftsmanship ♥️ I live in Australia & we have show horses - all of our horses are shown in made to measure show bridles; the starting price for a made to measure bridle (in Sedgwick leather) is $800. People have no idea what goes into making anything, let alone a handbag, shoes or luggage.
151k subs sure have grown, i wouldnt be able to be as calm as you not with that coffee you drink LOL
Very nice, Steve!
I might have liked red patent leather instead of red suede at the top.
Based on what I've learned about patent leather, it peels over time. So i think suede is a better choice.
Patent leather only peels when the owner does not take care of the handbag. I love Patent leather, I store my bags in a cool dark closet in a dust bag. I often wonder how do they store their bags, why are they so worn. I am not a fan of the color choice of red for this project…it reminds me of Christmas. Steve did a phenomenal job of repairing this tote. LETS CONTINUE 👍🏽
Nice job! P.S. Love it when you sharpen the blades....lol...thought I was the only one who did that.
Steve, another great update; the red suede definitely gives it a distinct look! Initially, it seemed crazy to want this kind of extensive work on a 'plastic' bag. But after reading about Bottega's $10,000 Cabat plastic (bubble wrap) bag I realized that some people roll like that!
Good work Steve.
I love seeing what you come up with when the customer gives you the ability to create.
Beautiful!! Thanks Steve.
SO much better After! I'm always appalled at the poor quality of some high buck items. :)
Great job ❤❤❤
When I first saw it I thought "ugly piece of plastic" Now I mean wow that's really beautiful
Love your redesigns! Nice work
Steve outstanding work as usual Kind Regards from Liverpool England
You can't make a leather purse out of a plastic sow's ear Steve. That bag should have been made with leather in the first place in my opinion. I'm sorry, but this whole vegan thing really irks me! It's coming apart because the glue used to make it is slowly eating through the plastic.
Agreed @craft-o-matic399
Steve can 👍🏻
Isnt it patent leather
@@safaa9654 No. Unfortunately, it's plastic. Even the title of the video states the bag is made of plastic. Steve uses black patent leather for the new lining of the bag.
It plainly wasn't a vegan thing as the owner has asked for leather repairs.
The original design is just using plastic. Bottega Vanetta use leather in most of their products, but here they just chose plastic.
Great job Steve ,best from the uk
some plastics use softeners to make it soft and pliable and that degrades over time together with other chemicals this can make degradation go faster than expected. some of these things may not be known at time of production. even oil from skin can degrade plastics look at the soft rubbery plastic/rubber on tools
Your work is kinda healing,i mean working with your hands must be healing. I could easily quit my career for something like this just to heal my anxiety
You know what triggers me? It’s these people who get triggered because you charge a rate commiserate with your experience and craftsmanship. You are a master craftsman and it has taken years of blood sweat and tears to get to a place where you have the ability and knowledge to do such beautiful work. This bag is another masterpiece and I am sure the owner is thrilled with how her bag turned out. This bag is gorgeous and worth every penny she paid to get it done.
Love the hammer
I love this bag with the red accents. It looks so much better than before. As always, fantastic work Steve.
You made the quality of the bag a lovely upgrade. It is much prettier than the original.
Absolutely. Looked like a Hefty trash tote before
Steve the letter you read reminded me of an old freind his hands and forearms shook far worse than you, he was the best welder and thats what he did for a living , perfectly straight welds he had a brain injury from bare knuckle fighting world wide.
he worked on large ships maintaing engines while travelling the globe, he said i had the skills to fight i was like hell no i seen what happened to you ralph.
Intentional tremor runs in my mom's family, she is 92 now and has ben shaking when making intentional movements since she was in her early 30s. She had a brother with it and her father had it. Her parental side of the family also had/have dupentrens contracture and mom has that too. I did not inherited the intentional tremor but I do have DT, luckily mom and I both suffer more from the nodules in our palms and less of the finger contractions issue, my mother's only living brother has badly contracted ring and pinky fingers on one hand, he may have them amputated. Anyway my mom gets along fine despite her shaking, only life modifications she's ever made is always drinking from a straw and using weighted utensils when she eats. I hope you make it to 92 and beyond!
Sharpen blade time always makes me smile. Always go green.
I think if Glad bag and Tupperware had sex I thing this bag could have been born LOL ,,,TY,,,,,,WOW incredible very interesting great information super kool,
AAAAAAAAAAA++++++++++++ ,keep up the great work.
I really for the life of me cannot understand why anyone would have something to say about you sharpening a obviously perfectly good blade. What exactly are they saying you should be using? The work you do requires a sharp blade and thats exactly what you and making. Its not like you are making a bad job due to your blade. I watch you as a person that has no clue about the work you do and enjoy watching a professional at work. I would never question your techniques or the products you use as i am in no position to do so. Keep doing you great work Steve and please keep up reusing the same blades as your saving the planet is a very small way.
Bag looks better now that when it came out the factory.
👍👍👍❤️
And Hammer time as well😊
I wasn’t too sure in the beginning but you definitely brought this bag back to life and improved it. ❤Great work Steve
People need to chill out on complaining about the price of your repairs. I have a few questions at the bottom of this comment.
I am a seamstress (36yo). I have been repairing a lot of garments for years, my biggest requests are for jackets. I don't repair leather, I refer them to a qualified leather repair shop. I quote for many repairs and get barked at for my 'over priced and abhorrent pricing'. Reality is: you have an item you want fixed... I have the skills to fix that item because you are either unskilled or don't have the time too or both...
This happened in 2008. One guy asked me to fix a business jacket. The fabric was a cheaply made silk blend and as such, requires more time and patience to repair, not to mention higher quality threads, can't just use Walmart polyester thread😂... The entire lining needed to be removed and reduced 2 sizes (because he actually washed the jacket in water instead of dry-cleaning). He also wanted the arm holes adjusted which required the sleeves to be removed... and full measurements to adjust the jacket like he wanted. I quoted him $500 for about 20 hours of work and material cost of about $50. He tried to talk me down in price and I refused. He said he would pay $200. I asked him what he did as a profession: lawyer. I asked him if he would represent me in a case (made one up) and then asked him how much... He said $1500 flat fee. I then said: "What makes you think that I would pay $1500 for your services? What skills do you possess that make what you do work $1500 and not say $1000? Do you not think that my skills as a seamstress are not worthy of paying a fair price? You asked for my services and are refusing to pay my price, then I am declining service." I then handed him back his jacket and told him to go buy a new one.
My mentor from college was waiting to pay me for her jacket repair. I didn't actually have a bill for her. She had $100 out and I handed her her jacket and told her to keep the money because her time spent helping me as my mentor was worth the time I spent fixing her jacket. It was a simple fix anyway, unlike the lawyer's jacket.
Anyway, I don't think your prices are ridiculous. Neither do your customers... Otherwise, I don't think we would be seeing these types of videos. Your time is valuable and people don't understand how much time actually goes into fixing things. Especially when the time is edited down to 30-60 minutes for RUclips. I would be interested in seeing you so a video and actually tallying the hours spent on a project. That may help people understand what something like this project actually takes. I also feel like people don't understand how much leather costs... Not to mention all the other materials that go into a project like this: glue, thread, coffee😂, cleaners, leather conditioner(s), coffee😅, razor blades, stiffeners... Shop overhead. Do you include shipping in your costs or is that separate?
So very well said! For the last ~10+ years, I've been repairing/restoring old quilts; started out doing it for friends and eventually, it became a bit of a side business. Most months, I work on two or three quilts. It never ceases to amaze me how often people are shocked when I quote them $500-$700 to do massive amounts of work on a ragged threadbare quilt (such as replacing the batting, the backing, replacing multiple squares, cleaning mold, stains, etc. all while trying to match vintage fabrics and patterns and styles and stitching as close as possible) .. then come back with stupid comments like, "I'm willing to pay $50, no more". A *simple* repair of just resewing a few loose squares is about $50. Having said that ... most people are usually pleasantly surprised by what I quote and say something more along the lines of "really? That's all?" ... they just want their precious memory-filled quilt made by great-grandma to live and be loved for decades to come.
Nice Work! I think if I was ever to splurge on a Bottega bag I would want it to be leather,
Strikes me that the re-sharpened blade might in fact be more suitable than a new blade. A new blade would be so very sharp as to be somewhat dangerous to the leather. No?
Nice looking bag! I recently started resharpening my razor blades after seeing you do it. Works GREAT. Not sure why that triggers people? If you can get extra use out of a blade with a few sharpening stone strokes, why not?
you are the most interesting and funny person in the business
Nice work much better look to it after you had finished it Steve 👍hope you had a great holiday how was the coffee in Armenia 🇦🇲
It was awesome
As long as fools live in the world, it became easy for us to deceive.😅
You're a genius Steve.
I'm a new subscriber, your craftsmanship is outstanding.....
Hey Steve, fantastic video and finally subs are growing, your channel deserves to get to 1ML. Just one thing though, I got 5 ads brakes in the first 18 minutes, I mean it's almost unwatchable at this rate and probably not great for the channel growth either. I'm a big fan but... Take care buddy.
I can’t really control the adds
@@BedosLeatherworksLLC That's weird. By the way, this project was really tricky and dangerous. You really nailed it.
I SO enjoy your videos, Steve! I have watched you for a number of years now and have thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of them! Thank you!!
Thank you for another great video! I especially enjoy your handbag repair projects. And I love watching your beautiful post sewing machine work- seing it go through everything without any trouble is pure bliss.
Beautiful bag! But the best part of the video was you IMMEDIATELY triggering people w/ the blade sharpening. 🤣
You need a bigger hammer!
Was that glue on the grommets? What substance did you use to clean?
For your price complainers: a similar bag in canvas is $2900, in straw is $3000, and in leather is $9900, per today's Bottega catalog.
Super glue, just a few drops
Could I suggest you purchase 11/2 pound Ball Peen Hammer for use with your hole punches, one hit would be enough. It would avoid damage to the face of your cobbling hammer and the marking of leather. Horses for courses.
I use masking tape for cutting leather. Place pattern on top of the leather, tape it down with see thru masking tape and cut along pattern.
By resharpening the utility knife blade you are reducing unnecessary waste and over 12 months that adds up
Good job as usual, I would have gone with the black Patent down the sides instead of the Red Suede however.
You have repaired handbags so much, I want to ask you. What is very good quality leather for daily use? Or maybe you can recommend a manufacturer of very high quality handbags?
**high pitched voice** hey man! I can't believe someone would pa $1,400 for a plastic tote. Why not just buy a new one?
Kudos to the customer for upgrading their bag, mega kudos to you for always continuing being awesome 👌
How about the wearing of the chain on the red leather maybe a small peace of black leather on top of the chain ring. Great job
it would have been nice if steve would have continued the diamond pattern on the new piece too like some triangular edges... still a great job
Basically you made a new bag.
At very beginning of video and I can tell this will be challenging!! Will leave follow up comment at end. 👍🏻
Another awesome vid, Steve. And i love baby hammer time. 🔨 😅
5:14 You should! Lol! Put “Redone by Steve Bedo’s in 2023” 😆
When is the BEDO Venetta Leather TOTE 👜 hitting the market? Put me down for at least 1!!!!🎉
This is the art to improve a plastic Chinese bag for 5 USD to cost 1400 USD.
Wow steve! At 1st, i thought the red was too much but the way you brought it together made it really nice!! Well done! I hope you do a video on that varsity jacket behind you at the end. I love the bags and jacket videos cause i need the most work in those areas.
Love that Hammer 🔨 it is awesome! Come to think of it I did miss Hammer Time! Though I did love the bag. Turned out beautiful.
Elegante’ and ready for 5th Avenue. Imagine the outfit to go with “gorgeous.”
An ugly bag but a statis symbol, some people will spend thousands so others know they can.
Next time do this to a ikea bag
GOAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"There's No There, THERE"
Gertrude Stein on Oakland, California.
Beautiful, now one of a kind Bag!
I'm guessing it was hand sewn on the inside there. It was neat of the two people that they put their name there. That's why I'm guessing it's hand sewn They had some real pride in their work. It was beautiful stitching
I would watch a 10 minute video of you just sharpening all the used razor blades you can find.
What amazing craftsmanship!! Holy moly!! I'm a pro taylor n have learned a lot from u!! Most of us are in complete AWE of ur work n u crack me up when u ride the nay sayers!! 😂
Don't worry they ain't got nothing on u Bedo!!! And we all know that 4 sure!! ❤
Hi & MANY BLESSINGS to u and urs!! from Southern California 1 hr west of Yuma Arizona
Hello. Beautiful job on the tote. I have been making things, sewing clothes, quilting, etc. alI me life. I recently found a niche of people on you tube who are making handbags, backpacks, wallets, pouches, things like that. The reason I’m telling you about these people is that you get a real good idea of what it takes to make the above. Everyone uses different materials: in the US, mostly quality vinyl, cloth, cork, waterproof fabrics. Some of the materials used are just tacky, but they are making these for specific customers. Other pieces are really amazing, just beautiful workmanship, beautiful fabric and hardware. They charge by the individual piece, and the highest prices I have seen from tutorials are around $250.00 to $300.00. They are worth those prices. There are custom bag makers in Asia who are making handmade pieces, custom orders, and they seem to be around $3-$500. They are not making fakes, they add their own name to their work. I’m trying to get a few quilts done so I can give a small handbag a try. I’m sure you have probably run across these (sewists), what they call themselves. It’s reassuring to know there are groups of people who see themselves as talented as any worker at a design shop. Love your channel. You also have some very nice machines.
Is this similar to making a silk purse out of a sows ear? Great job, btw!
The bag turned out amazing Steve! The custom hammer cracked me up.😅
I see Mickey triggering Mouse was out today! Lol
About blades: Doing leather work, I use a No. 2 Xacto blade in an aluminum holder. (soon to be replaced by a brass one). The blades last forever because they are stouter than the No. 11 blades. I always strop the blade on leather with compound before starting. I keep the blade covered. I have no complaints about the sharpness of my blade. Why replace it when I can hone and strop a better cutting edge on it?
Triggered viewer voice....."Hey Man, why you sharpening a disposable blade? As much as you charge you should be using 10 new blades on every project. Stop being so cheap man!" LMAO. I love it when Steve triggers the masses!! Great video my dude!
Good night ,iconic bag BY BOTTEGA VONETA,HAVE a NICE day and regard from Spain.🎩⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
1:51 Noooooooooo! Disposable blades is dirt cheap 😂
First time commentor, long time channel watcher. A slight criticism on this video. I completely understand the "why" it cost X amount of money to modify and repair the bag in the video. My issue with is stating the $ amount for everyone to know. You have mentioned in previous vids people have their reasons for a repair. Maybe the customer would love to share the YT video of the repair however, avoid family friends, etc knowing what they paid. I personally would not want that shared. Otherwise, I have watched all your videos on your channel and always enjoy each one.
Please know that my comment about does not reflect anything negative upon you. Absolutely enjoy seeing all that you do!
I can't remember if he's said so before or if maybe it was in a comment in the past, but if I remember correctly, I believe that if customers don't want it publicized how much they paid, or if they don't want their shoe/bag/etc. repair on youtube, he honors that request.
Personally Steve, I like what you created better than the original. The red pops. I agree with the gang it would have been better in leather. But to each his own.
Yes!!! Put your name on it…. Great idea❤
1400 to rebuild a $3k bag, make it one of a kind and make it look better than the original is actually a great deal 😂
Another great bag video! Well done. Love the design features you added.
I LOVE the red!! I think I woulda went red patent leather, but it's fabulous and worth what she paid for the restoration!
great video Steve.....thank you for showing the cleaning process
Beautiful as always great job steve
Excellent work as always! Question - I recently bought a pair of second hand Church’s polished binder oxfords. Will that patent care spray prevent it from cracking? Thanks
I have no idea
Steves net zero and carbon neutral blade sharpening service 😅. I do the same thing, I've never seen you strop the blades, is that something you don't bother with or done off camera? Glad to see you let your artistic flair show. I think leatherwork is the ultimate in recycling as you are taking what is the waste product from food manufacturing and reusing it also you are extending the life of other products with it whether it's shoes or bags or equipment it's all being used. So as you said at the beginning you recycle. I'm finding pattern work to be more demanding and time-consuming than I first thought but I'm sticking with it, again as you said a mistake here will come back and bite you on the arse further down the line, so it's better to spend time perfecting your design before jumping in as paper and pencil is cheaper than leather. I am mocking up the full product on paper and then deconstructing it to create the final pattern then I will transfer it 😊to plastic sheets to be kept as a master. Loved this episode Steve thank you for Sharing and I hope you are enjoying your vacation. All the best from Scotland.
I don’t need it to be razor sharpe just enough to cut through thread