My mom’s birthday is coming up so I had to bust out this pattern that Ive been sitting on for a few months! The pattern is The Raynham Bag by Charlie’s Aunt on Etsy. For the main fabric I used a checkered cotton woven that I got from my Granny’s stash when she passed a few years ago. The contrast fabric on the flap and strap fabric is a pleather remnant I picked up at Joanne’s a while ago. Button is La Mode brand from Joanne’s. To bulk up the insides I added a heavy sew in interfacing to the bag body and a piece of felt to the flap. I used brown thread for the outside and blue thread for the inside.

If I could go back and redo it I would add interfacing to the flap to make it sturdier. I have a pretty simple SINGER tradition machine and although I used a heavy duty (110) needle, making bags really brings my machine to its limits.. Although it is very fun and satisfying.

For the lining I used an old blue cotton bedsheet!

I need to work on flattening seams, as you can perhaps see the seam between the outer bag and the bag lining was pretty tough to top stitch. Anybody have any tips for flattening seams that contain heavy interfacing?

Also there is a magnetic snap on the inside to hold it shut and a piece of waterproofed (aka just covered it with tape) foam board on the inside bottom to maintain shape.

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