Dirty little secret bag!

It's a bag. With a delightful dirty little secret inside.
Don't you just want your very own for Christmas?

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So, I finally made the cool cowboy fabric into a bag. I figured I wanted one I could use to lectures and stuff to carry my notebook and textbook and assignments and stuff with me, so it is just big enough to fit the A4 sized stuff. One textbook, one notebook, pens, calculator, cell phone, wallet, small pack of snacks. That's what there's room for. And it looks oh so dull and conservative. On the outside, that is. (Please excuse the bad photo. I was using my mobile phone to take the picture.) Well, there it is. All black and dull and proper and suitable for taking to math lectures at uni.

But the insides are lined up with pockets and half naked cowboys.

Isn't he just looking all handsome there? One big pocket with room for anything, covered with one big cowboy!


On the other side, there's a blonde cowboy, on a pocket made especially for my pretty little mobile phone.

This bag is made of my very own pattern, and I really do like it. A lot. I am indeed shaping up to become quite the bagmaker, I think. ;)

New bag!

New bag, using the first ever pattern I've drawn. All by myself! How cool am I?

(Well, at least I was a little bit proud of it.)
Here is a picture of the bag. It looks different from varius angles, because the print on the fabric is different all over.


I just had to use that supercool fabric with the comic-ish print on it. I've been obsessed with it since I saw it at the store. I then drew up a very basic pattern, and cut out the pieces. For the lining I simply used a plain black material. I also went all crazy and added a simple pocket to the lining inside the bag. I don't have zips, so I simply sewed on a big brass button as a closing mechanisim on top. (I attached it inside, on the lining.) All in all, I was rather happy with it. It is, after all, only my second bag.

But now I have oh so many ideas! I have a feeling many people will be getting homemade gifts from me fot christmas this year!

first ever handbage made!

So, I made my first ever handbag/shoulder bag this week! It was done with some fabric I already had, that I had bought cheap on Ikea. The outside, as you can see, is of a black and white pattern, and the inside is plain purple. It was actually surprisingly easy, not to mention fun, to make this. I will be making more bags, that's for sure!

To make this bag, I had actually bought a pattern from Burda, but I didn't like their instructions very well, so instead I used the pattern from them (or parts of it, anyway), and followed the instructions from tinyhappy, who posted a very easy to follow tutorial that included pictures. I absolutely love sewing tutorials with pictures. There should be more of them!


I am not sure if I will make more bags following this exact same pattern. I think I will, but I also think I will experiment. Something tells me my friends will be getting these for Christmas. And, a lady can never have to many purses and bags, right?