Messenger Bag

[Tom the DH]

Here is a great Messenger Bag Tutorial posted on the FabricWorm blog.

You only need 2 yards of fabric - one heavy weight for exterior and a light weight cotton for the interior, plus some miscellaneous bag supplies like fusible interfacing, velcro, and rings for the strap.

Here's one picture from the blog post <-- click to visit and see the entire tutorial:

Fabric:

• Echino Ni-co Camera Gold for exterior
• Jennifer Moore/Monaluna Mingle Steel for interior (not shown above)

Now let's open it up for discussion... what fabric combination would you use for your messenger bag?

[Tom the DH]

How about one of the Pure Argyle prints by Sweetwater for the interior?

[Little Bluebell]

Amy Butler Baby!



Left to Right:
August Fields Sunrise Seafoam (sold out at Fabric.com), Midwest Modern II Park Fountains Yellow, Amy Butler Solid Olive

[Little Bluebell]

For the Argyle Man Bag, I would use a manly herringbone suiting fabric and line it with Sweetwater's Argyle print.



I found the suiting fabric on fabric.com

[Little Bluebell]

One more... I'm on a roll. I can't help it, I love shopping for fabric!

I think this one would make an adorable diaper bag. I don't know what to use for the inside though. Maybe a white with yellow pinstripe? Or a bold aqua solid. Hmmm. I know someone having a baby in March. I may need to think about this one a little. ; ) What would you use for the interior?



Gisella Slub Texture

[FFEVR]

That's very nice bag...Actually it will be much better and much appropriated for messenger bag if the fabric used was Faux Leather.

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