No room for error

I worked on the reversible bag tonight. Got the pockets cut out and the bag pieces. I stitched the sides and the bottoms up and was getting ready to put the bags together to sew them and realized that the humming bird fabric was upside down.

How frustrating this was! I guess I had not worked with many directional fabrics that really had to be directional, like in patterns such as these. It called for one yard, and that's what I bought. So there is definitely no room for error here, and it if course happened. :( I guess that will be one lesson learned and I'm hoping by making that mistake once, that it means I will hopefully not make again. So now, off to the online fabric store I go....


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Pleated Messenger Bag

I sent the messenger bag to Michelle in Minnesota and it appears to be a great fit for her needs. Of course I tried accommodating this from the beginning, but you just don't know until you try it out.
She was nice enough to even do a post about it on her new blog: Mom's Sippy Cup.

You can read the posting HERE.
And if this bag interests you, it is available HERE. Is it sold? Convo me for your own listing. :)

Pleated Messenger Bag is done!

I got an email for a short order on a request of a pleated messenger bag with an inside divider. This bag needed to be able to fit both her laptop and camera in it. We got the measurements that we needed and picked out fabric. Then it was go time. :)

Working on the Pleated Messenger Bag

Here are the fabrics that we are working with today on the Messenger Bag.

The pieces have been cut. The interfacing has been ironed on, the pockets have been added.

And the pleat has been added to the band.

I've got the strap all sewn up.

Time to put these bags together, right sides together, and sew. This should be quite interesting to flip inside out through the hole I left in the bottom. Its not just a regular bag, but a bag with a divider in the middle.

So thats got to flip out too!

Stay tuned for the finished product!

Lickety Split Bag

I recently bought two coordinating fabrics, 1 yard each, to make this Lickety Split Bag seen on Made by Rae's blog. She put together a really easy tutorial to follow and I love the way that it turned out.

 

I also made another one in a aqua and brown combo.

You can find both bags for sale here at my Etsy shop. 

{froggyleggs} is Licensed to Sew & Sell The Lickety Split Bag.
Pattern © Rae Hoekstra of Made By Rae.