Well I talked about the shoulder bag that I made for my mother and finally got around to taking a photo of it.......I made the strap long enough for my mum to wear it diagonally across her chest so that it won't fall off.
I really liked this fabric and can't believe it was only $4 a metre and the lining is a matching fabric with smaller stripes (see the Water Bottle Bag). In total this bag cost me about $6 to make.....what a bargin.
After using her bag for awhile mum asked me to make her a new water bottle bag. She takes a bottle of water with her every time she goes out....and had been using a daggy bag that was intially made to carry an umbrella.
I decided I would make her one out of the lining fabric from the shoulder bag and made it to carry a 600ml bottle. I thought I would also line the bag with plastic (idea taken from making the wet bags). I actually used spray adhesive to glue the plastic and fabric together first before sewing.
Mum mentioned that she loves the bottle bag because it only fitted a small bottle and was not too heavy to carry around. She must really love both of these cause she is using them every day and when she visitied on the weekend she put in an order for another one!
That's great Peta, did you use a pattern or make your own? Hope you are finally feeling better.
ReplyDeleteI will put in my order too! I haven't gone a day without using my waterbottle, so thanks for my birthday present.
ReplyDeleteLooks beautiful, great job. Hope you are fighting fit soon, been thinking of you.
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