how many MINIMUM do you need money to open a home workshop for sewing bags?
I answer: 26,000 rubles plus a car.

Immediately, I note that we are NOT talking about a workshop where products are sewn by hand. Sewing bags by hand and sewing bags on a typewriter are two big differences. Starting from the choice of leather and ending with the use of chemicals in the product. I'm not an expert in this. Therefore, we will not count hand tools (end punches, line punches, etc.). And why? I have never used any of the hand tools in 8 years of work.
We will consider only what is required for sewing leather bags on the machine. To make your handbags look “like in the store”, only better.

So, first of all, you need to allocate a place in the house for cutting (table) and sewing (machine). And acquire both.

Table you probably already have one. At first, you can do with the usual writing. It is small for cutting, but it does not take up much space and does not cost a lot of money. But if suddenly it is not there, we buy used ones on Avito for a maximum of 2000 rubles.

Typewriter.
I am often asked, "Which is the right one to start?" I focus on a machine for medium to heavy materials with a flat bed and walking foot (there should be double or triple feed). My favorite model is Typical 0303. I guess it is not the best in the world, but it is not capricious and it is easy to negotiate with it. Your first car is worth in the region of 40,000-60,000 rubles. Plus delivery and installation (about 3000 rubles) Add a lamp and a pair of legs (3000 more)
It would be nice to put in the amount of 3000 rubles for setting up the car. I wouldn't be surprised that once the mechanic is gone, the car can be unfriendly.

You also need to purchase tools for making patterns and cutting leather.
This is, first of all, the largest possible self-healing rug, this green one, 90x60 cm (1200 rubles), Whatman paper (300 rubles), small things: compasses, measuring tape, awl, pencil and elastic band (300), construction knife (it is better to take a good ) and blades (500 rubles), metal rulers 20, 30, 60 and 100 cm (1000 rubles). Leather scissors can be bought from 200 to 2000 rubles.

I am also for fittings installation press buy immediately (1800-2500 rubles). And attachments to it on holniten 9 mm and buttons 12 mm. (1000) There is no need to go back to the Stone Age and purchase an anvil for manual installation of fittings. It is not comfortable. I would like to add “you’re a girl!”, But boys read us too. Plus punches for 2 and 3 mm. (500) You can punch holes with these punches just on the board for now. And, of course, the hammer. Any. Absolutely.

Also obligatory for the purchase are rods on the skin, an elastic band so that these rods can be washed, double-sided tape 5 mm and glue (about 1000 rubles for everything).

What else you need to have for a quick start is a set of the most necessary accessories(2000) and seals(3000). Holnitens, sliders and buttons are best taken in small wholesale. Seals - cut or in sheets. Threads- the most basic colors (1500).

Now you need to buy a pair of skins you like (5000-8000 rubles) and off you go!

If you are worried that you do not have a machine for lowering the edges of the leather, then either choose leather not thicker than 1 mm, or sew the models with seams outward, or come to us to thin the edges.
I do not recognize anything except this car. No edge knives. And I never even thought about doing it manually. I love myself too much and am ready to make bags only if it is not long and not painful, but pleasant.
It is worth buying this car only if you acutely feel the need for it.

What you can absolutely do without at the first stage is
paints for the edges. You can always purchase them afterwards. In the meantime, choose skin with a cut of the same color as itself.

Well, it turns out 26,000 rubles, plus a machine of 40,000-60,000 rubles, plus a leather of 5,000-8,000 rubles. Total 70,000-100,000 rubles.
Everyone can do it.
Moreover, it is not necessary to acquire all this at the same time.

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