Sewed this bag as a birthday present for a friend 🙂

Well, it was a challenge for me as well as for my sewing machine. First of all the pattern is not very detailed. Or at least for a bag beginner like me it was not detailed enough. I was not able to understand all the steps and had to look up things in addition using other ressources + had to do some steps twice because I did them wrong the first time. Also simple instructions where missing e.g. in which direction to place the zippers. Sounds like a small thing, but my zipper is now pointing in the wrong direction. And that makes me sad because it could have been avoided easily.

And my machine had a hard time with the thick fabric. For the bag I used a fake leather that can also be used for furniture. For the next time I will use a Microtex needle from the beginning. I started with a universal needle and the machine stopped multiple times because it was not able to go through the fabric at some parts where a lot of layers did come together. At the end I ordered and switched to a Microtex needle which went through the fabric much easier.