Project Three: Diaper Bag

Project Three: Diaper Bag

I decided I kind of hate my diaper bag.  It was one of those cheapy 25 dollar diaper bags from Babies ‘R Us.  So for project numero tres I decided on making a new diaper bag for myself so I would be carrying diapers in style from now on (and boy do I get a lot of good comments about this bag!)

I found the Tutorial for this project on a blog I follow and I just loved the look of it and I knew in my stash, I had the PERFECT three prints for this project.

I started By Cutting out all the pieces I needed for this and ironing on the interfacing for each piece.  I interfaced both shoulder straps, all the exterior fabrics (including the pockets) and double interfaced the bottom to add stability. 

After getting these done, all I laid out all the fabric parts for the front and back outside of the bag and pinned it together,  then sewed the straps on stopping about 1 inch from the top of the bag on both sides of each strap piece (4 stitch lines on each side of the bag total).

I then attached all the exterior pieces together and sewed everything based on her model in the tutorial.  If I would have done this again, I would have finished each seam about a ½ inch from the end of each side so that the perpendicular piece attached easier.  After doing the outside, I did the inside piece as well (the same way then put the bag together with the exterior of the bag sitting inside the interior of the bag with right sides facing.

After that, I sewed around the top (I sewed all the way around and left my flipping spot open in the lining so that that spot wouldn’t be as visible when I flipped it and sewed it shut). 

Once done wit that I flipped the exterior inside and top stitched around the to opening of the bag, (this is why I stopped the strap stitching about an inch from the top, so I could more easily to this stitching). 

After that, done, fill ‘er up and off we go J 

I have to admit, I reallllly love this bag.  I’m throwing around the idea of making myself one to put my things in for work as well.  Though if I would make another, I would definitely do it in a thicker fabric like a canvas or a duck,  (I like the idea of a duck since you can get those in really fun prints too) that would give the bag a little more structure than even the interfacing could give it.  What do you think? Adorable?