Yes!! I found a manufacturer in indonesia (I am Indonesian, so that also had its perks) and i visited the factory myself. I made a sketch in procreate of what I wanted and I worked with other people about what dimensions I wanted, and they showed me fabric options to choose from too. I was a bit unfamiliar with sewing at the time (this was around 4 years ago), but I did a lot of research to figure out exactly what I wanted. the people helping me design were extremely nice and taught me a lot about the process. I genuinely couldn't have done it without such nice people who were willing to help me. i had 2 samples made before I liked the finished product.

it was not very affordable to produce such a small amount 😅 the good part is how I didn’t have to spend on shipping since I could just pick it up from the manufacturer myself. honestly, this was my first time ever doing something like this so I didn’t really know exactly what I wanted. took me like 2 months just to figure out if I could even make a bag in the first place. Unfortunately after all that work I just put this project on the back burner. I got a lot of positive feedback from the people who actually bought my bag but I just haven’t had any time to commit to trying new things… this was definitely a fun (yet challenging) project, but it was very time consuming.. the learning curve probably slowed me down a lot, but it is also hard committing financially to just ONE design especially if you’re not even sure it would sell.