Whenever we're out and about, Mr F always needs me to put his glasses and phone and wallet in my bag, so I decided to make him a bag of his own. I'd originally made one of these earlier in the year for one of my friends for his birthday too. The pattern is Retro Sling Bag by Kandou Crafts and is available to purchase as a PDF download. As I was using denim for the bag (recycled old jeans) I didn't need the wadding to be too thick, so used Vlieseline H630, which is great for bagmaking, along with some woven fusible interfacing for the lining. The hardware that I used is by Emmaline Bags and was purchased from Sew Hot here in the UK. Rather than using individual zippers, I used continuous zipper and pulls from another UK supplier, Zipper Station - I always keep plenty of this in an assortment of colours in my box of bagmaking supplies...
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...there's a zippered pocket on the front flap, and one on the back too...
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...and one of my labels from Kyllie and the Machine was neatly sewn inside the back pocket...
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...I used a blue batik for the lining. All the seams are neatened bith bias binding which I made from the same batik fabric...
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...I used a matching blue Aurifil thread for all the machine stitching, including the top stitching around the zipper insert...
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...once the bag was completed, it just needed to be filled with a few of Mr F's favourite goodies and wrapped up ready for his birthday!
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