Harper’s Overnight Bag

One of my co-workers asked me to make an overnight bag for her daughter.  Follow along as I make Harper’s bag:

The fabric she picked out was a beautiful red suede and some georgeous upholstery weight fabric with horses. The lining was a shimmery cotton.  Usually I work with light weight cotton, but for this project I thoroughly enjoyed working with some heavier fabrics.

I try not to use too many pins for fear of damaging the fabric.  Here I’m using a bacon press and some canned food to help me cut the fabric.

After cutting all the pieces out I sew the front pieces together and line up the handles.

Each of the side pieces have a pocket.  Can you find where it is? I try to line it up perfectly with the back piece.

An overnight back just isn’t complete without an inside zipper pocket.  Here I’m sewing the zipper to the lining.

The most tricky part of making this bag is sewing the sides to the front and back — I have to use pins to keep everything in place to sew.

The bag is constructed and the lining is ready to be hand sewn inside.

Here are pictures of the finished product.  Harper, I hope you like your overnight bag!