Children like bags. They like to put toys in them and carry them to another room and take them out again, and repeat, all day long – mine does anyway!
So I thought it was time he had his own bag to do this (so I could claim mine back!).
I let him loose in the fabric cupboard to choose which colour he would like for his – he chose the blue cord.
Inside it is lined with giraffe cotton that he also chose in the shop a while back when we talked about making him his own bag.
At the same time I also made this pink one for his friend whose birthday party we were going to at the weekend. I had a little helper ‘helping’ me sew parts of this one – having a child press the foot pedal of the sewing machine for you really isn’t helpful at all, but he was very excited about doing it!
Hers is lined with brown and pink owl cotton.
The pattern is from a seller called Puperita on Etsy. It’s a bit different from other messenger bags with its curvy flap. The method it uses to give its boxy shape was also quite unusual, but I was really pleased with how they turned out.
I think the smiley face says I wasn’t the only one please with it! 🙂