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Tough one. This is a very durable bag with good material and looks like good technique to assemble it. Anything you do will likely be stressed at the seams.

I'd recommend that you look into either iron on or glued on fabric reinforcement for once you actually mend it, something to seal the inside and keep it from ripping.

You are going to lose some shape and geometry. I might not trim any of the loose threads until you are done. Because of the weave, some of it will unravel as you repair if you don't keep those loose ends in place.

Plan on sewing by hand, and plan on using thimbles, or even pliers. You may want to use carpet and upholstery thread, and a packet of needles made for that. Usually it will be with Notions, and include big crewel type needles and curved needles and several other types. The temptation will be to sew as close to the fray as possible, but that just is too much stress on too little fabric.

Fold the fray in a tiny bit. Your stitches need to be a couple of wefts or cross threads, and you really need to kind of stagger them so you sew past maybe the third weft and then through the second one and then past the third again. You can pierce both warp and weft as well. This makes it less likely to pull apart. You will probably be using pins or basting threads to hold the parts together. Corners need to be sewn, and any area that receives a lot of stress needs double stitching.

Use your thimble, or maybe needle nose pliers to push and pull the needle where you want it. Be careful not to snap the needle, because you won't find the flying piece until you step on it maybe weeks later. Once you've got it all sewn together, use the reinforcing fabric. Could be denim or canvas or duck, If you can manage iron on, sometimes the patches are for work clothes and may be a work weight gabardine. Iron it down, or glue it down.

I used to patch my Levis back when I did a lot of back yard gymnastics. Lots of broken zippers, ripped crotches, blown inseams.

You need to get a couple of villagers, some beds and a farm

I got nylon jacket repair stickers on AliExpress, they’re elastic little stickers for rips on fabrics like your bag, or a puffer jacket for example

Patch kit or Tenacious Tape from a camping/gear shop

Either a new strap OR

You could get some veg tanned leather (about 4oz thick) and stitch it to the strap to create a new end. It would look at bit thicker in this areas, because you've added a new piece of leather. The other thing is that the original starp has a coated edge (acrylic). If you want the new piece of leather to have that, then you'll have to find acrylic that is close in color... but, if you want to do this, then I'd recommend peeling off the portions that are cracked and reapplying it all.. FYI, this is a skill and takes time to master to have a nice smooth acrylic edge...

Another idea if you don't want to buy leather and stitch, etc... buy a set of metal eyelet grommets and a setter. Cut off the damaged edges, punch a hold in the end of strap ends, install metal grommet. Then use another metal attachment (like a shackle with a screw pin) to attach to the bag.

Image of the cutting the end and grommet: https://imgur.com/a/E6Q1kpp

I would think you will need to fashion a new strap to fix that properly.

1 Cut it square, 2 Skive it down, 3 Fold it over the ring with glue to make the next steps easier 4 Punch stitching holes 5 Sew the strap 6 Edge paint as needed

Buy a replacement strap.

Do you have any pics of the purse itself? Looks cool and we'd love to see it if you have time

What a wonderful bag, bet it has stories! 🖖

That’s a big project! I’ll tell you what I would do.

First, trim all the scraggly stringy bits off so the holes and rips are clean. Patch any holes larger than about a dime. Make sure the fabric is a little larger than the hole. You could use an iron on patch. Then stitch over the hole and patched area to sort of fuse them together.

For the fraying that’s on the seams/edges, I’d use a blanket stitch or other binding stitch so they don’t fray again.

Patches are always great but if you really wanna you can try weaving it back together in some sections with funky embroidery thread

I see so much potential for some lovely rainbow stitching!! Someone just posted some colorful rectangle-y mending (sorry, don't know how to describe) on a jeans back pocket today and i think that would look really cool here

It looks woven so you could darn it with nylon or polyester thread, but a patch (or patch with studs) and maybe some embroidery over the patch/darn would probably work best.

The best bet is going to be to unpick enough seams to be able to get to the backside of the closure. That will let you unfold the tabs that are holding in on, and you can take it off. Then, you can patch the flat piece of fabric that the closure was attached to. Finally, reattach the closure and reassemble.

Alternatively, you could add a patch on the outside, behind the closure, without disassembling anything. But, it is tough to sew close enough to it to support the fabric the closure is actually attached to, so while the fabric will be supported, the closure itself will still be lose and likely to fall off eventually.

Without cutting and restitching the leather?

My first thought was getting a new clip and a large split ring.

Go to a Sattler 👍

Remove the rivet and replace the clasp. Secure it with a new rivet.

I'd be tempted to just turn the bag inside out and re-stitch the seam through the lining. It would save all the work involved in getting behind the lining and it wouldn't be very noticeable once done. Removing the binding at the top is easy. Putting it back neatly is not.

A bag I use on my bike has split at the seam, it is lined, I’m thinking the best way to repair this is to unpick a section of the binding at the top of the bag and allow me to get access to make the repair on the machine. Any thoughts comments / different approaches appreciated.

Alternatively you could hand sew it from the outside. Use slip stitch if you want, or just sew it and get back outside again 😊

Flip it inside out, reset the seam and pick the thread from near the end of the seam. Also, remember to backtac at the start and the end.

Lastly, go back and forth on that stressed area that popped a couple times.

The seem sealing is probably your best bet to retain its waterproof, unless you like heavily involved projects. As was stated, imo, the only other option is to disassemble a good chunk of the bag to get access to the damaged seem. It can certainly be done, but it's gonna take some time.

Yep I've done this twice now! My Gudetama baby reusable now lives inside a Lemon Tree pouch 🍳🍋

Omg!! Ive been missing the pouch for my baby strawberry/banana one for SO long!! Thank u for the info, I’m gonna try my luck 🤩

Only to the US though sadly! I requested one to be sent to Canada and they wouldn’t.

Thanks for this!! My keroppi standard bag is missing a pouch so I just emailed them :)

Just learned about this and requested one yesterday! They respond so politely and fast, 10/10 customer service experience :)