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先週は忙しくて全く手をつけていなかったかばん作成にまたしても取り掛かりました。
前回作った旅行かばんと全く同じのをまた作っております。
前回のは練習用で、今回のが本番です。本番だから一応より丁寧に作ってるつもり。

I was too busy last week preparing for my yard sale on Saturday and did not touch my sewing machine at all. Now that the yard sale is over, back to making the weekend duffel again.

Yes, it is the exact same bag as my last one. The last one was my practice round and this one is for real. I am planning to send this one to my mother, who gave me the original kimono fabric. By the way, she says the fabric is at least 30 years old.

Last time, it was awkward to attach the handles to the square rings after the main bag was constructed three dementionally, so I changed the order of construction and attached the handles when front and back pieces were still separate, and I attached the rings to the handles first before the ring was inserted to the main body. Made it a lot easier to sew this way.

My goal is to finish the bag this week and hopefully make a matching dopp kit pouch to go with as well. Tall order?