This was my first bagmaking project after not having touched a sewing machine for nearly 5 years (has it really been that long?…), so it’s very far from perfect. It was a good practice project, though. Since I didn’t have access to a photocopier or scanner when I started making it, I had to draw the pattern by hand and scale it from the pattern I used in Emma Brennan’s book Making Vintage Bags by using a calculator. Of course I did some very bad mistakes, like making the top too narrow so I can only barely get my hand inside the bag (and I have tiny hands). At least that’s a very thief proof measure, since the thief wouldn’t be able to get inside it!

The bag is probably not going to be used, but I’m keeping it as a memory of my first ever bagproject.  It is made from very bright orange satin with red cotton lining and a couple of silver bangles as a handle. It also sports an orange bow on the front in the same fabric as the bag, with a red velvet ribbon as bow centre. The pattern is based on a vintage bag pattern in Making Vintage Bags that I mentioned above. Due to my choice of fabrics (really cheap scraps from a fabrics shop), I don’t think there is much vintage about this bag other than the shape. Here are a couple of pictures:

Yes, I know the pictures are nearly identical. I just had two, so posted both while I was at it