Chic Zebra Tote

Added Jan 26, 2011

by Rikka Walters

Montucky, Montan...

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Description

This is a modified Vogue pattern. I made this as a diaper bag for my friend who is FINALLY having her baby girl!

Material Notes

The red snakeskin is from a vinyl thrifted bag. (I've included a photo of said bag) The short handles are also derived directly from this bag. I used Peltex for interfacing to keep it stiff on the front, back and bottom. I used pellon craft bond on the sides.

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6 Comments

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    Mar 30, 2011, 07.51 PMby rebeccalady

    this is a great!!! it looks so professional. i want to get some old purses to rip apart and salvage supplies from now :-)

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    Jan 28, 2011, 05.47 PMby stuffit-1

    looks just perfectly great! I love your fabric, it’s fabulous! :)

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      Jan 28, 2011, 06.42 PMby Rikka Walters

      Thank you! I wish I had more of this fabric left.

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    Jan 28, 2011, 12.44 AMby milkyway

    What a chic and stylish diaper bag, is gorgeous!!!

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    Jan 27, 2011, 04.28 PMby tamezdc

    What an adorable bag! Would you share the secret to sewing thick vinyl. Special needle?

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      Jan 27, 2011, 05.08 PMby Rikka Walters

      Actually, the vinyl was not very thick once I removed the interfacing. I did use a leather needle, though. The tough part was turning the vinyl pockets/flaps. When using fabric, you simply iron it and top-stitch. You can’t iron vinyl. Thanks for your comment!

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      Jan 27, 2011, 05.25 PMby Rikka Walters

      As well as a leather needle, you should use longer stitches to avoid tearing at the seams. I did a lot of hand-turning while top-stitching as well. Vinyl and leather don’t “heal” themselves like fabric, so any needle holes from mistakes will show. Probably more info than you needed, but I had to share just in case.

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    Jan 27, 2011, 04.08 PMby pwaue1000

    Excellent! What a great gift. I love to take apart ready-made bags for projects like this, too.

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      Jan 27, 2011, 05.10 PMby Rikka Walters

      I’m happy the handles transferred so readily. Constructing them would have added an extra afternoon of work to this project.

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    Jan 27, 2011, 09.54 AMby zaarissima

    wow!!!! I love your bag! …sooo beautiful!!!

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