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Welcome back! You'll find below the required materials for making the messenger bag I showed you yesterday.


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Okie doke, let's get started!

Let's start with the strap. If you haven't got a 1.5" strap kit then you'll need to cut your fabric to suit your triglide and rectangular ring. Take the width of your strap kit and times it by 4. That'll be the width of both of your strap pieces. Then cut one 10" long and another the full width of your fabric.

First of all I like to spray my strap pieces generously with some spray starch. I frequently bemoan the fact that I've starched my phone/posting scales/laptop/husband from some over spray. Hey, hazard of the job right?


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Okie doke, let's get working on that flap.

You can use this tutorial for a pattern like The Saddlebag.

Take your outer flap piece and fuse the fleece to the wrong side of it. I used felt so serged the edges of mine. This helps if you have a very fray-able fabric. Is fray-able a real word?
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Hello lovelies, we're going to go through the lining construction today for my 'Just another messenger bag'

You'll need pieces A, D, E & F in your lining fabric and your 8" zip and your optional keychain.

Some of you have mentioned that you'd like to put a zipper in the top of this bag before the flap. I haven't got time to do you a new tutorial this week but here's a great tutorial at Emmaline bags that I'd recommend for adding a zipped gusset.
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Nearly there, are you fed up yet?

To begin with, it's a good idea to start with your back pocket. If you wanted this to take a tablet pc you will want to pad this pocket more than I have and possibly add some quilting. Keep the extra batting out of the seam allowance though as this bag gets thick around the edges!

Start by sewing your lining and outer right sides together along the top edge of piece C, the back pocket. Turn right sides out and press and then top stitch. I used piping in my seam.


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