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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The Messenger Bag, A Year Later
About a year ago when I posted this, my sewing mania had officially gone into full swing. The messenger bag that kept me up all night ended up becoming my regular purse and I've used it almost every day since. I thought it would be fun and interesting to show a then and now side by side comparison in order to see how the bag is holding up.
The bag has obviously lost it's original crispness and hangs a little bit floppy now, but overall I think it's looking pretty good for having been carried all over the place for the past year. The seams are all holding well and the fabric is only showing hints of wear on the bottom corners and the side cell phone pocket. Not bad for what was originally my "test run." I would still like to make more of these bags with the modifications I mentioned a year ago (larger size, heavier interfacing or fabric, no plastic clippy thing), I've just been waiting for a good opportunity to stay up all night sewing.
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2 comments:
SQUEEEEEE! How much??? I want one and I have no patience to wait for my sewing chops to develop enough to make it myself!
Kim: For you, one million dollars. Bwaahaaahaaaahaaahaaaaa! Okay, seriously though. I'm thinking I would have to charge $40 to make it worth my while. I would totally be willing to sell you one if you really want to buy it; however, I would be just as willing to have a sewing day and walk you through making your own. It's not as hard as it looks. Everything is straight lines and the pattern is pretty forgiving if things don't line up just right. Anyway, the offer is there either way- we just need to figure out how to coordinate our lives, which seems to be more difficult than any sewing project I know of. =)
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