Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Making a New Messenger Bag from an Old Skirt
Spring is upon us, and I wanted to make a new, more colorful, work bag. I've been saving this microfiber skirt in my stash for a long time. I more or less followed my old tutorial for this project, though this bag turned out much nicer than the first one.
Microfiber is very nice to work with. It's basically fake suede, and it's machine washable and doesn't fray. This skirt was nice and sturdy, unlike some of the lighter weight microfiber that you find in shirts and some other garments. My first step was to unsew the hem and the silt, and then machine sew them closed using the original fold lines.
I used a great home dec fabric ( I think this came from Debra) for the lining, and added pockets. The lining is a slightly smaller version of the outer dimensions. For this bag, I didn't include any bottom reinforcement, as the whole thing is pretty sturdy.
This project uses the whole skirt, and the original zipper opening is now a zipped pocket in the flap.
This took me less than two hours from start to finish. I had the button and the d-rings in my stash, as well as the strap, which was reclaimed from a purchased bag. The color in the photo of the skirt--a teal blue-- is most faithful to the real color.
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what a good way to utilise an unwanted skirt
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