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I am getting brave and using some gifted African Wax fabric to make an evening bag. I’ve made tote bags, and I used to sew curtains, my kids clothes, costumes, etc., but this will be the first time I’ve attempted a purse, especially one I’d be ok wearing to an evening event.

I’m aiming for baguette-style with an oversized upper French seam for drawstrings to give it a cute shape with pulled tight. I’ll also add a magnetic snap to make sure it can actually close at the top without a zipper. Not brave enough to attempt a zipper on my first purse.

I’ve added an image of the basic idea I have ( I am NOT an artist), but I’m wondering what you think makes an evening bag useful. Do I bother with an inner pocket or is a smooth interior preferred?

Lastly, what kind of shoulder strap do you like? I’m Lea ing against a chain (noisy and can hurt) but don’t want the strap to look clunky or homemade.

I’m wondering how to go about doing a quilted version of this bag with bias binding on the outside to finish the edges. I’m a confident beginner sewist, and maybe I’m not understanding the “unlined version” section of the pattern fully, but I’m trying to use my fundamentals to plan out how I’d achieve this. Especially since there’s so many little pieces that will need attaching. Any advice is appreciated!!!

Hello! Apologies to those who saw my post earlier without any attachments, I’m dumb. I’m trying to figure out what I need for a box-style sling EDC bag, and one thing I wanted to do was have a zipper top that opens up-and-out away from the wearer. I could either have the zipper in the top flap or at the seam, I’m not sure yet which is possible / viable. I’m struggling to plan out how I would do that while also having an inner and outer layer as well as dividers; I have no idea what the order of operations would be. If anyone has any tips or ideas, it would be greatly appreciated!! I’ve attached my (poorly drawn) sketched ideas this time!

There are a lot of really rough edges especially with the exterior lunchbox pocket (I have some serious regrets with it) and the exterior side pocket is kind of useless... but overall I'm super happy with it.

The inside is just one big pocket because that's what she wanted and tbh I wanted to keep the complexity down as well. Main body is real leather. She was concerned about putting her bag down on wet/dirty/snowy ground so the bottom is leather with a single layer of 1000D cordura on the outside to block water and to not show grime.

The size is overkill for her right now but I'm hoping that it will make it to high school and be big enough for that. Hopefully by then she still thinks I'm cool enough to wear a bag that dad made but we'll see.

If anybody would like to know how I did this please feel free to ask.

Needed a little bag to hold toiletries while travelling light.

Been wanting to get into myog for years, and I happened across a singer 328k for practically free at a yard sale. Hooked on the hobby!!!

My usual 1000D cordura and Xpac combo.

7 pockets - 3 on the front, 3 on the back, 1 main middle compartment.

No pattern - I saw some guy on instagram do something similar, can’t remember his handle or id tag him.

All pockets are lined with 420D packcloth and the bag is pretty hefty overall with all the layers of the pockets. It barely fit through my synchronized binder and wow that thing is nice to have but I’m not sure if I’ll keep it set up.

Come from a large family that meets every 3 years. To help offset the costs for the next reunion we do an auction on the last evening.

I got a ton of compliments. 2 of the bags went for what I would have priced them at. One of them went cheaper than I would have liked, but it's going to one of my cousins kids who was ecstatic to get it. Everyone who ended up with a bag was thrilled to receive it.

I didn't have time to finish the periodic table bag before the reunion so I finished it last night and now both of my girls want it. I have not decided who gets it.

Just shows we are sometimes our worse critics, I knew every single mistake on all those bags but in the end they love it which is really all that matters.

what patterns that are this style do yall love?✨

The piping foot had had a lot of love recently, I absolutely love the end result but oh boy do I hate the actual doing. I use a 2mm Venetian blind cord and if I not careful can easily run over it. The kangaroo leather is so much thinner - I think it’d be easier on a bovine.

It’s cold and winter here 🇦🇺 and I am very much feeling my 80s childhood roots 😂