At long last, I finished the Lindie Bag from the Throwback Thursday before last. I used this bird fabric from my stash. It's a decorator weight fabric that Husband picked up at a garage sale in the neighborhood several years ago. Back then I didn't sew, but he wisely used it to make some nice pictures for the dining room.
I've been holding on to the remaining fabric, and decided the Lindie Bag would be a perfect use for it. I had to adjust the size of the bag a bit to make my gigantic bird fit. I made a few other changes along the way.
The tutorial calls for using one long piece (10 x 17) of fabric folded in half for the outside of the bag. Unfortunately, I couldn't do that with my fabric, because one side would have upside birds. So I made two pieces, roughly 12 x 10 each and sewed them together, making my bag a bit bigger than the original Lindie.
The pocket is supposed to match the lining fabric, but my lining is a simple light blue cotton (hard to tell the color here), so I went with a contrasting pocket. Not a very friendly looking bird, though, is it?
My enthusiastic model does a better job of showing the blue lining. I thought it would be a nice, simple accent for the bird fabric. A lot of times I choose a flashy lining and a simple outer fabric, but this just felt better for this particular bag.
You'll notice a bit of floppiness.
Turns out I didn't have any sort of interfacing or stabilizer on hand. I really thought I had some heavy stabilizer for the bottom of the bag, but I didn't find any in my well-organized craft room. Instead, I went with some wool felt. It was a little heavier than just the fabric alone and does help the bag stand up a bit.
One last difference between my Lindie Bag and the tutorial...I kind of misinterpretted the handles. I sewed them across the bag instead of along the same side. So it pops open just a little when you carry it, especially if you carry it like this. But, it gives the bag character, no?
This tutorial was great, Craft Apple is a genius. The whole thing went together in about an hour or two this afternoon during naptime. And, in a few short days, it could be yours. Stay tuned for your chance to win the Lindie Bag this week on Win-It Wednesday.