Blue Skull Swoon Belle Baby Bag

お気に入りの骸骨模様で、鞄を作りました。
型紙はSwoonという鞄の型紙を主に扱うところのBelleというおむつ入れ鞄です。
一応これは練習用として作ってみたんだけど、もう自分で言うのもなんだけど結構あっぱれな出来で、大満足です。

I made a bag and I am totally in love with it. This was a muslin version so to speak but it turned out so well.

The pattern is a Belle Baby Bag from Swoon.

My main fabric is a blue skull canvas. I have had this fabric for five or six years now so I'm so glad I was able to make something I really like. Lining is a oxford weave poly canvas, kind of like Cordura, but without any back coating. The handle, piping, and accent was made of white matte vinyl.

I interfaced the skull canvas with SF101 and added ByAnnie's Soft and Stable. However, I think the Soft and Stable was a bit too much for this fabric combination and it feels a bit too bulky inside especially with the rather heavy duty poly canvas I used for lining.

Not included in the pattern, but I added a key lanyard in the exterior pocket.

The exterior pockets are pleated at the center front.

Piping added. I used a foam piping core so it keeps the shape of the bag very well.

The main panel has a slip pocket inside. I added a zipper pocket, initially for birthing the bag (the pattern instruction is for drop lining), but later realized that the zipper opening (7") was too narrow to birth the entire bag. So I birthed the bag from an opening I had kept unsewn from the bottom panel attachment of the lining, then use the zipper pocket to finish sewing the birthing hole right-side-together, then closed the pocket bottom to finish.

Lining has the exact same side pocket as the exterior pocket, which is very three-dimensional.

Exterior without the bottom panel.

The pattern comes with a shoulder strap and two wrist straps that you can wrap around the stroller to hook the bag on. I did not make the wrist straps.

The side pocket will fit a water bottle (if the bag is not too full).

The interior.

I guess the key lanyard can also work as an anti-pickpocket/anti-bag snatcher device.

I love making bags. It feels so good when it turns out exactly how I wanted and I don't have to think about fitting. It's a bummer that I don't really have anywhere to carry this bag to.