Friday, December 28, 2012

Library book bags....

 A few weeks before Christmas I was asked by a friend if I could make up a couple of library book bags for her niece and nephew so I put Pinterest to good use and found this tutorial. I am so pleased with how these bags turned out as was my friend thank goodness :-) The tutorial was really easy to follow and I managed to make both bags in 1 day which was a bonus considering I left them till the last week before Christmas to make them.
 My friends niece likes 'owls' so I appliqued an owl to the front pocket and found an owl print to use as the library card pocket that is on the front of the strap. The main striped fabric is a cotton twill that was a leftover remnant in my stash from a skirt I made Caitlin when she was about 5 I think.
For the boy's version I found some striped canvas by "Prints Charming" at Spotlight and added some whale fabric from my stash which helped me come up with the whale appliqué on the front pocket. These bags are really roomy and strong with a 3 inch wide strap that is made with a creamy coloured canvas and they are fully lined with "french seams" no less :-) Makes me wish my girls were younger so I could make them one each although I think I might use this pattern to make my eldest daughter a laptop bag with a few measurement alterations of course and at 15 years I don't think she will want any appliqué on the front either.

6 comments:

Second Chance Tan said...

These are brilliant - I am putting this on my 'good ideas' list! xx

Leigh the sewing diva said...

Wow these are fab!!! Have to make my son a new library bag as his broke just before christmas and one of these would be perfect!
Leigh
http://thesewingdivaandherreluctantmodels.blogspot.co.uk/

Katy Cameron said...

Both very cute :o) Think you might be right about the applique on the 'grown up' version though ;o)

Lis Harwood said...

Lovely bags. My best wishes to you for good things in the coming year x

Barbara said...

I like your library book bags. They have wonderful fabrics. Thank you for the link!
Wishing you a happy New Year filled with a lot of spare time for our hobby.
Barbara

Nic said...

Very cute :)
Hooe you had a good xmas/new year. Wishing you and your girls all the best for 2013

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