So I finished this a while ago and put a pic on instagram, but am just catching up on the blog!
Way back when I won a quilty voucher for Pink Chalk Fabrics, it was a happy day!
I had been wanting to make myself a new bag for a while so I invested in some beautiful Lisa Congdon fabric. Then set about searching for something suitable.
The bag had to be:
- Big but not too big
- An over the shoulder style
- Zip up-able
- Able to frame the fabric
- And…a little bit of a challenge
I found this in the It’s A Cinch Tote from Uhandbag.
I must say that I definitely found it a challenge, mainly because I kept making stupid mistakes or didn’t have the right stuff.
I managed to order the wrong number of clips, then didn’t have enough interfacing, stitched a zip tab on the wrong zip and managed to iron over the PLASTIC zip….whoops….(amazingly this wasn’t all). Luckily it survived!!
The instructions are pretty long though and I had to read some parts over, but they were clear on the whole. If you’ve made a bag or purse before you will find this quite simple.
I did find that the pictures didn’t match up properly with the instructions and some were on a different page. Once I got my head round this it was ok.
The only thing that was new to me was adding the straps. I did mess up a bit here as for some reason I only checked to make sure they matched up at the top, not the bottom so they miss a little but it’s no big deal. One to remember for next time!
This bag has already got much use. Although smaller than I expected it’s the perfect size for all my essentials and feels more robust that the standard tote.
I would really like to make another with some FMQ. I did think about quilting this one, but I wasn’t in the mood at the time!
Linking up with NTT!
Fun print, and a good contrast with the black straps. And those chunky zips are really nice.
Wow . . . I LOVE it!
You did really well. I’ve made a couple of u-handbag items and found them quite challenging.And I love the print 🙂
This is gorgeous! I LOVE the fabric you have used!
Fun fabric… The red pocket is a great detail… the dot over the i so to speak 🙂
Great fabrics! And way to persevere- it was totally worth it!
Awesome job! It came out really nice.
well done! it looks beautiful, I agree with all of the people above, the fabric is just amazing!
It’s very dramatic with the black handles. Love the whole look, very professional, m’dear!
This bag may have had ups and downs in the making but it’s ended up looking stunning!
love the fabric used and it looks like a day trip/ holiday bag to me.. great job.