I think the bag may be a bit big for a 4 year old...but he seems to like it :) Well, enough to bear wearing it for photos.
I finished the giraffe bag I showed you the other day & managed to snap some pics to show it off. It is made from a thick textured cotton fabric, kind of like
barkcloth, but thicker...less so than burlap. It has a nice heft to it.
The underside of the straps are a solid brown canvas cotton. I thought it would be nice to have a smooth surface contacting your shirt fabric. Wouldn't want the textured fabric to snag at shirts.
The inside of this rather
voluminous bag is a cotton floral print. I thought it would be fun. Is it?
The bottom is a
faux leather. This way, no worries about the bottom getting trashed
every time you set it down. I don't usually carry a bag quite so large, but it seems like it could be a problem. I used a pattern for this bag,
McCalls 5719, which is not my norm. I had a sketch of a bag I wanted to make & when I was at
JoAnns browsing through the pattern catalogs looking for a dress, I ran across this pattern which was like 90% my sketch. I figured it'd be easiest to just get the
pattern & adjust it to my sketch. Heck, that's how I learned to make bags in the 1st place :)
My son asked me to make a "thread painting" of his Pac-Man picture. I thought I had finished it, but then I was told the words, ghosts, dots & Pac-Man were to be filled in. Ugh. This is on a lightweight stretch canvas - this won't exactly be tons of fun. 
Here it is hooped, but not quite finished off...thus the excess fabric peeking out.
I think the bag may be a bit big for a 4 year old...but he seems to like it :) Well, enough to bear wearing it for photos.
I finished the giraffe bag I showed you the other day & managed to snap some pics to show it off. It is made from a thick textured cotton fabric, kind of like barkcloth, but thicker...less so than burlap. It has a nice heft to it.
The underside of the straps are a solid brown canvas cotton. I thought it would be nice to have a smooth surface contacting your shirt fabric. Wouldn't want the textured fabric to snag at shirts.
The inside of this rather voluminous bag is a cotton floral print. I thought it would be fun. Is it?
The bottom is a faux leather. This way, no worries about the bottom getting trashed every time you set it down. I don't usually carry a bag quite so large, but it seems like it could be a problem. I used a pattern for this bag, McCalls 5719, which is not my norm. I had a sketch of a bag I wanted to make & when I was at JoAnns browsing through the pattern catalogs looking for a dress, I ran across this pattern which was like 90% my sketch. I figured it'd be easiest to just get the pattern & adjust it to my sketch. Heck, that's how I learned to make bags in the 1st place :)
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