Weekend Duffel: Handle Grip

着物リサイクル旅行かばん製作過程の最後は持ち手部分。
というか、この過程は持ち手をかばんに接続する前の段階で縫いつけたほうがいいと思うんだよね。作り方の順序、間違ってると思うんだよね。
だって最後にグリップ部分を持ち手につけるということは、かばんが邪魔になってとても縫いずらいということなんだよね。

Yup, this happens if you attempt to attach a handle grip on the duffel bag after the main body is constructed. Because of the plastic canvas inserted into the bottom panel, I cannot bend the bag and put it under the arm.

This is why I think the instruction is amateurish. The handle grip and the square ring should have been attached to the handle strap before you insert the square rings to the lower strap.

I thought of changing the handle grip design but I kind of got tired of this project and wanted to finish so I just used the same one as the instruction.

If I ever make another bag (despite the amateurish instruction, I like the size and the design of this bag), I would make a movable handle grip so that the handle strap goes through the strap instead of sewn on to it.