Once again it is Friday. This week I finished the Bucket Bag pattern, so I have that liberated feeling that comes after getting a project done (and pretty quickly goes away!).
This brown bag was my final run through of the pattern. The fabric is an organic cotton canvas from Marcus Brothers. It is really soft and a lovely chocolate brown.
I bought it at Cool Cottons a few weeks ago, and was reluctant to cut into it because it frays. It has been awhile since I've sewn with loose weave fabric, and I had to ponder how to handle the seams so they don't unravel!
What I ended up doing is sewing the bag body seams on my regular machine, and then re-sewing them on the serger. On the pocket I didn't serge the seams, since the topstitching holding it to the bag body is reinforcing those seams.
This fabric was fun to sew with, and has a nice hand. It is canvas, but is loosely woven and much softer and easy to sew than utility canvas.
The lining fabric is perfect with the brown canvas. I will be listing some of the lining print in my etsy shop soon.
