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Denim Market Bag
Monday, January 4, 2010
I made this "market bag" as a gift this Christmas for my Dad. I used a pattern from The New Handmade: Simple Sewing for Contemporary Style. The outside is made from blue denim. The bag has lots of special touches just for Dad. Like this tag that I salvaged from one of my pairs of jeans:
And this outer pocket (with red Levi's tab) from the same pair of jeans:
And a washable vinyl inside in a yummy ice cream print:
The bag also has a solid bottom due to a piece of bookboard cut to fit and covered with matching vinyl.
7 comments:
This is so cute! And so nicely made.
What a cool bag! I especially like the ice cream inside
Thank you both! My Dad loves ice cream, so I was really excited to find ice cream vinyl. It had pale pink and fuchsia in it so I had to do some creative cutting to keep it more manly.
I recently bought your book "the new Handmade" and I love it! It has inspired me and I'm so excited to try some of the patterns, especially the denim tote bag. I love the idea of using oil cloth for the lining or your idea of using clear vinyl over a cotton print cloth. What great gift ideas too!
Hi Van. I can't take credit for that book -- it isn't mine! But I did use a pattern from the New Handmade to create this market bag. I found the book very useful this past Christmas for sewing some lovely gifts.
This is really cool! Love the ice cream--nice touch.
What a lucky Dad! Wow. Wow.
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