I wanted to make a new hand bag. The requirements were that it should fit my drink bottle, umbrella, long wallet when I carried it, and a few odds and ends. My cousin Ovi (yes, that’s her nickname) has a really nice bag, there’s nothing special about it per se, it’s just simple and functional. So I asked her to take pictures of her bag from all sorts of angles, and I aimed to replicate it with minor changes to fit my criteria.
For a first, this bag turned out amazingly. I made oh so many mistakes. The drop liner material was cheap calico material. I thought “Hey people carry around totes of calico, surely it’ll be strong enough for a liner”. It’s mostly fine, but the stitching has come undone in some high wearing areas. I plan to redo the liner when I have some down time and I can muster up the courage to pull the bag apart.
The bag is a unit though. It’s been through all the crazy weather Melbourne can throw at it and come out looking fabulous. I love the dye job, the first very large piece I’ve done. I had intended this bag to be prototype for my sister’s Safari bag, and if it turned out okay I had planned to send this one to her. But I liked the colour too much to send it her way, and I’d rather give her a version 2 than a prototype.
Build album for the Ovi bag can be found here.