On Monday night at knitting I realized that I've been carting around my most recent project in a ziploc bag. While effective, the clear plastic doesn't have an aesthetic befitting the professional indie crafter I'm currently pretending to be. Time to make a new project bag. (At no point did I consider finishing any of my knitting WIPs to free up one of the myriad other bags I already own. I'm not sure what that says about me.)
I've seen plenty of box bags listed on etsy and floating around flickr but I'd yet to see the one for me. You know what I mean, that fabric that just grabs you and screams your name.
Out of the stash came my treasured Kokka scooter fabric. It's a nice medium weight canvas that stands on its own with some fusible interfacing. If I could sew with this fabric exclusively, I would. (Purl Soho has a wide selection and quick shipping.)
I'd never made a box bag before, but after looking over a couple tutorials and realizing that it's just a basic zippered pouch with the ends pinched in, I figured it out on my own. No lining inside, I don't like how they tend to wiggle around and shift. The raw edges were all finished with the serger. If I make another one, I'll add a few more top stitching finishing details on the ends but overall I love it.
Finished size is 8" long, 3.5" wide and 4" tall. Just the right size for two balls of yarn and a colourwork mitten.
It looks fantastic! I should really try to replace my ziploc baggies with some nicer yarn-containment devices, too.
I love those two colors in the bag in that last photo!
Posted by: whitney | September 18, 2008 at 17:44
i love that bag. and the fabric.
so... when will they be in the shop?
Posted by: maryse | September 18, 2008 at 17:49
I love it!
Posted by: Melissa | September 18, 2008 at 18:02
It's fantastic all round!!
Posted by: Heidi | September 18, 2008 at 18:36
Vovlos? You sewed a Volvo?!
Love the bag :)
Posted by: misplacedpom | September 18, 2008 at 18:38
OMG it is scooter fabric!!
I am going to NYC next week if you want me to get you something!
Posted by: frecklegirl jess | September 18, 2008 at 18:54
What maryse said.
(I'll be stalking the shop in anticipation.)
Posted by: Kat | September 18, 2008 at 19:01
And you'll be selling your first batch when?
Posted by: Danielle | September 18, 2008 at 19:19
What do you mean IF you make another one? And I have no earthly idea what fusible interfacing is, but I just love the results:)
Posted by: Heather | September 18, 2008 at 19:26
to. die. for. I love love love it! (and hope you start to sell sell sell 'em)
Posted by: Melissa | September 18, 2008 at 19:50
LOVE that scooter fabric!!!
Posted by: Carla | September 18, 2008 at 19:53
Super cute!
Posted by: Nadia Lewis | September 18, 2008 at 19:58
I didn't think anything could make me more wanton than the sparkly vampire camera strap, but I was wrong. Oh so wrong.
Posted by: Kellee | September 18, 2008 at 20:33
Easy for you to do! :o) It's fabulous. Love the way you used the fabric.
Posted by: Miss T | September 18, 2008 at 21:07
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Posted by: sheepishone | September 18, 2008 at 21:52
Oh wow, that is a great project bag. I love the fabric, too...I am just discovering fabrics and there are so many possibilities!!
Posted by: Jennifer | September 18, 2008 at 21:59
that. is. awesome.
I hope we do see it in the shop one day!
Posted by: Dani | September 18, 2008 at 22:27
I agree with everyone else - I totally want one. This is such a perfect little project bag.
Posted by: Maritza | September 18, 2008 at 23:10
Perfect! You are a genius with the sewing machine.
Posted by: Leslie | September 19, 2008 at 07:56
oh caro, how awesome you are! this bag is perfect...I totally want one!
Posted by: nancy | September 19, 2008 at 08:41
SO cute!
Posted by: Kathy | September 19, 2008 at 08:48
Yeah, we need cute project bags too! ;)
Posted by: Veronique | September 19, 2008 at 11:19
Girl, that is too cute. It looks like a shaving kit! Great fabric.
Posted by: Steven | September 19, 2008 at 11:25
Love. I've been having trouble finding bags for medium-sized projects (too big for a ziploc, too small for a tote) and I love the streamlined look of this. Time to go through my fabric stash, I think!
Posted by: laurel | September 19, 2008 at 11:34
Scooters! It's such a cute bag! And is that colorwork a hint about your secret mittens? I love that people are starting to hint about their mittens. Yay!
Posted by: Elinor | September 19, 2008 at 15:35