Are cinch sacks popular where you live? All the cool kids are using them here. We recently got a new book in at my LQS with 8 projects geared towards teen and tween girls.
I picked up a copy of the book to give as a gift. I decided to try out one of the projects before giving it away. The project I chose was a cinch sack.
It turned out so cute! Especially made up in this new fabric we just got in! However, this sack is huge! It measures 17" by 22" finished. My son's friend carries one of these as a backpack. His doesn't have flowers on it though. Anyway, I measured his and it is 12" by 16", which I thought was a little small. I think the perfect size is somewhere in between.
I bought some baseball fabric to make a "boy" version as a sample for my LQS. I think I'll make it 15" by 20". Fortunately, or unfortunately, all of the books are now sold from my LQS. I made this sack up on Saturday and ended up selling all the books in the process, which was kind of the point. However, I had planned to get to display my cute bag next to the book and now ... oh well! I think we should order some more books!
I picked up a copy of the book to give as a gift. I decided to try out one of the projects before giving it away. The project I chose was a cinch sack.
It turned out so cute! Especially made up in this new fabric we just got in! However, this sack is huge! It measures 17" by 22" finished. My son's friend carries one of these as a backpack. His doesn't have flowers on it though. Anyway, I measured his and it is 12" by 16", which I thought was a little small. I think the perfect size is somewhere in between.
I bought some baseball fabric to make a "boy" version as a sample for my LQS. I think I'll make it 15" by 20". Fortunately, or unfortunately, all of the books are now sold from my LQS. I made this sack up on Saturday and ended up selling all the books in the process, which was kind of the point. However, I had planned to get to display my cute bag next to the book and now ... oh well! I think we should order some more books!
4 comments:
So cute. I love that fabric. I bet my girls might like one of those, even though they are away at college now. Thanks for sharing!
I see a lot of folks using them but they always looked uncomfortable to me. But I do love the one you made--very cute! Strikes me this could be a good donation project--for kids at homeless or women's shelters, for people to take personal affects home from hospice homes, that kind of thing. Hmmm...
It's adorable! I love the fabric. Nope....no one here is really using those yet. Maybe it will head our way soon! The book looks good, however. What are your impressions of it? Good for a little girl learning to sew?
I have a solid color one that was a giveaway from a local program. I use it as a backpack too.
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