I got to play with some of the new fabric from Knitorious that is open for preorder for just a few more days! The Anime round has a bunch of fun designs, and so many bases! I haven't watched Berserk, but according to my local experts, this fabric is pretty great. This was my first time using nylon repel, but I can definitely see myself using it again! It was a little slippery, but the thicker backing on it meant that I could skip one layer of interfacing and save a little time. I decided that this fabric needed a bold design to show it off, and found the Carter Messenger from Swoon!
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I played around with my photo editor to try to get a better background than my new lightbox |
I only had a small piece of this fabric, so I tried to use it as much as I could for this bag. Directional fabric limits how you can cut pieces, but it does look pretty awesome! This was my first time making this pattern, and I was on a tight turnaround deadline, so don't look too close! I think I got one of the straps on the top a little crooked, but I'm going to hope that with use it will get less noticeable. I used some red vinyl I picked up at Joann's for the accents, and since I was just slightly short on the main fabric, added in a red grunge dot (also from Joann's) to the lining. It doesn't exactly match the straps, but it does coordinate!
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My tag almost blends in on the back! |
The Carter has minimal pockets -- really only 2 compartments inside and a zipper pocket in-between. I raided my stash and found a perfect skull zipper pull from
Wizardry, stitchery, and Crafts, along with their gunmetal buckle D ring, connectors, and black seatbelt webbing. The zipper tape is a gunmetal/black one, also from there, which really completed the look!
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The red lining is not quite that bright in person, but my camera decided it should be |
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Looking down into the divided inside |
The top handle is pretty...handy. ;)
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Look at the fun details! |
I went with the magnet closures, and it has strap keepers you can tuck the ends into so they aren't flapping around.
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Laying flat-ish. |
Make sure you check out all the amazing
Anime (and Wicked!) designs running just until January 8th!
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It really is a pretty sweet bag! |
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