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I made a messenger bag before, but wanted to add a bit of “oomph” to it. For this go around, I chose black corduroy for the exterior, and used neon-lime-green thread for the stitching and matching lime green fabric for the interior. I attempted to machine embroider a robot design of my own creation (using standard sewing machine, not with an embroidery machine) and made a mistake right along the top of the mouth box. Luckily it was near center and ended up looking like a nose. Phew!
Material Notes
corduroy, cotton, zippers, interfacing, and a d-ring and slide to adjust the strap.
Difficulty
Intermediate
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Credits
- It's my own creation.
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Dec 29, 2009, 11.16 AMby elfies
WONDERFUL! LOVE this bag :) My son would love it as well.
Dec 27, 2009, 02.26 PMby sewella
I love this one! The robot is just too cute!
Dec 27, 2009, 02.23 AMby nettie
It’s awesome!! My little son would love this.
Dec 27, 2009, 12.11 AMby pjparty
was it hard to make?
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Dec 27, 2009, 09.43 AMby xnickerxje
It was more time consuming than hard. I have a hidden zipper in the back and an inset zipper just under the flap that allows access to the main compartment. If I removed the two zips, it would be more along the lines of something a beginner could easily tackle. In the end, it’s pretty much straight seams galore. For my bag I ended up with 18 pattern pieces, but I have seen MUCH simpler versions on the net.
For the robot- I drew the picture onto the interfacing first then ironed it onto the corduroy. Using straight stitches, I followed the lines as best I could (thus the little wobbles here and there where I back stitched and it went wrong.) .
I used black thread, but switched to the neon-lime for top stitching. The threading/rethreading also took some time but it wasn’t difficult. I tried to “stock pile” all the top-stitching so I could do it in one go rather than sew, top-stitch, sew, top-stitch piece by piece.
Dec 26, 2009, 11.28 PMby scheryka
Thank goodness for usable mistakes huh? I just wish mine be as fortunate. lol
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Dec 27, 2009, 09.46 AMby xnickerxje
You aren’t kidding! Talk about luck being with me that day!