3 Broken Needles, 4 Bobbin Refills…

It started with this book.  It’s a beautiful book. Kellee and I had to have this diaper bag.  Really.  We had to have it.  I said I’d make them if she sent me her fabric.  Kellee does a great job at matching and color coordinating things. I had to have my little helper with me.  (This is for you Lauren.  No knives this time.  Just pins.) I spent many hours cutting, pinning, and ironing.  I could not live without my rotary cutter or my magnetic pin cushion.There are many layers to this diaper bag.  Not just interfacing on the fabric itself, but the fabric, interfacing, and a fleece lining.  These bags are heavy duty! This was the fun part.  I could do without all of the cutting and pinning.  Just sewing is something I could do all day. Pinning and putting the outside with the inside got a little tricky because it was so thick.

 

A few of my pins even got bent in half.  When all was said and done I had several bent pins and three broken machine needles. I had to refill my bobbin thread four times and there was a ton of ironing involved.  It was all worth it though because these diaper bags are amazing.

Okay, Gail.  These are for you!  Here are the full photos of the bags.  Not only are they amazing, but they are enormous.  I love it!

This is Kellee’s bag.  See?  I told you she was really good at picking and coordinating fabric and colors.  I love how the colors just pop!  I’m going to start using it until she comes to get it.  Hee, hee!

This is my bag. It’s a little more mellow. The outside is corduroy.  It’s very heavy duty and durable.

They even have little cell phone pockets on the side.  If I had thought more about it, I would have put a pocket on  both sides.

The inside has four huge pockets and also two slightly insulated bottle pockets.  Now I’ve already tested this out and I love how the pockets hold so much!!  I feel so organized.

   So you can get a sense for how big this bag really is, here I am with Anna.   If you decide to get this book or make this bag shoot me an email.  I had some issues with the pattern.  They were small, but a little annoying.