Customizing a Two Zip Hipster bag
I love making bags for my daughter. She usually looks through my fabric and picks out fabric that she wants me to use for the project. A few years ago, I made up my own messenger bag pattern for her . She wanted a large size, and an over-the-body strap. Here are the two bags I made for her:
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| Chrissy's Messenger Bag in Pink and gray and green |
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| Chrissy's Messenger bag in Sherbit Pip fabrics! |
The last time she was home, she found some cute fabric, in my stash, and asked me to maker her another messenger bag.... and I suggested a few new features . The fabric is really fun... Type Fabric by Julia Rothman Windham Fabric
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| Type Fabrics by Julia Rothman Windham Fabric |
After I studied my own pattern, I realized that I could use a great pattern that I already used , the Two Zip Hipster, by Erin Erickson ( at Dog Under My Desk). (Excellent directions and pictures!!)
Some of you may remember that I made a bag for my tablet, on an earlier blog. I knew I could simply modify it for the specific features my daughter wanted. ( I found the Two Zip Hipster pattern long after I made the two messenger bags for her.)
So what I basically did, to make this Two Zip Hipster into a custom Messenger bag:
- Added an outer front flap with a magnetic snap
- Enlarged bag dimensions- 2 inches taller, 2 inches wider and 2 inches deeper
- Inside pockets- 2 - 6 inches wide x 7 inches tall pockets Plus a zipped lining pocket
- Strap- 44 inches long x 1 1/2 inches wide
- Place the outer zip pocket and slip pocket on the Back of Chrissy's bag {featured on the front of Erin's Two Zip Hipster bags} (see above)
Chrissy's customized Two Zip Hipster:
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| Chrissy's modifed Two Zip Hipster |
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The back side .... with a slip pocket AND a zippered pocket
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Zippered pocket on the back
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| See the slip pocket, right above the zippered pocket. |
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| Had to show you the cute lining in the outer slip pocket on the back, too! |
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The front side with the flap
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| Paper clips lining, in gray |
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| INside: Slip pockets on both sides, with an added zippered pocket in the lining |
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| "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. " |
My daughter is getting her PhD in Linguistics... isn't this fabric so appropriate?!
{ She loves her bag. }
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| I'm off to my sewing room! |
