At the end of February Katy put a call out for pattern testers for her next bag pattern – the Mini Messenger bag. I was right in the middle of quite a few quilts and really fancied a totally different project so I volunteered.
The hardest part was choosing fabric! I love the sparkly bits in this fabric, it’s Cameras from Ruby Star Sparkle by Melody Miller, I stashed it 18 months ago from The Village Haberdashery and this was the perfect project for it:
I’m not going to waffle on much about the process as I did all that in a feedback email to Katy, so any glitches will now have been ironed out. It was a little fiddly but then sewing curves isn’t the easiest thing to do.
My one complaint is entirely my own fault; the bag is meant to be worn on the shoulder and I never wear bags on my shoulder! I’m a big fan of across the body bags, so I will be unpicking the strap and adding some length to it!
The bag hardware was from Bag Clasps, if you’re in the UK and need hardware it’s a great place to go for a fast service and free delivery.
You can see the other testers versions of the bag here and also a discount code for any of Katy’s patterns (valid until 10th April so be quick). Thanks Katy for letting me test!
Thank you for testing, although my MM stash quivered in fright that I might actually hack into it 😉
I love it!
It’s a great pattern and I love the fabric too …. Smug smile as I made my strap longer … But only because my fabric was wider!
Yay! Go you, using hoared fabric ‘n all. It’s a great bag and very “you” (well, apart from the strap thingy) x