Washing handbag with leather trim

[wheresmyphone]

I have a favourite fabric handbag which has a soft leather strap, & a soft leather finish around top and base. Dry cleaner says they can not help clean the fabric. Then I remembered seeing a post on here about washing leather bags in a normal domestic machine. Have I imagined it? Is there anything specific I can do to protect the leather? Any ideas gratefully received! Thx!

[Davros]

I would wash it but then I wash almost everything only coats go to the dry cleaner