I've been making some messenger bags for the Beehive Bazaar all week. My kids and their friends each have their favorite bag picked out- this one with the owl is getting the highest score so far.
I've been using the Amy Butler High Street Messenger Bag pattern- not so easy to follow, let me tell ya. And I'll tell you why: instead of printing a picture to go along with every step, there are a few steps pictured and a wordy explanation for the rest of the steps.
It is so much easier to follow illustrations for each step- like a regular sewing pattern. It's like trying to teach someone how to tie knots with only words and no pictures- 100 times harder without the pictures. Maybe it's just me, maybe I've followed too many Butterick patterns over the years.
So, after picking out lots of mess-ups, I finally got it right. Now I have been altering the pattern a bit here and there. I changed it to a squarer shape, added a tiny cell phone pocket on the side, took off the magnetic tab on the front for closing.
2 comments:
Can you make a hot pink one with black skulls on it? Or a black one with hot pink skulls? Just the combo of hot pink and skulls...can you work with that?
I'm not too picky. ;-)
I was hoping I could still buy one of those owl messenger bags. I missed the show but I've been trying to find a bag like that everywhere!
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