New Sewing Projects!

 March and April Sewing Report 

I have been making these over the shoulder sling bags. I have made a couple for other people. Right now I am finishing my own sling bag for myself. I am really eager to get it done and start using it!

I have been making my own iron on interfacing for these bags because I had a bunch of heavy grade iron on adhesive. I iron the adhesive onto the interface material (flannel in this picture), then I peel the paper backing off and iron the flannel interfacing to the outer bag material. The only problem that I have run into by doing this is that my sewing machine won't stitch through the fabric with the adhesive. I have had to do most of the sewing by hand, which is kind of a pain, but it has been nice to have a portable handiwork project to take on car trips, or to the park, or just to have something to work on while I sit at the table helping my boys with homeschool.

The instructions call for finishing all the seams on the inside of the bag with a seam tape. I used bias tape because that is what I have on hand.

I really like how the interior of the bags turn out so trim and orderly due to the seam tape.

I am following a bag tutorial on a YouTube video to make these sling bags.

I looked for a long time trying to find the right pattern for what I wanted to make. I spent a lot of time on Pinterest. Finally I came across this video tutorial. The finished product was exactly what I was going for. I am grateful for this free tutorial.

This is the first bag that I made. It was a birthday present for one of my sons. I have to finish another one this month for my son who has a birthday in May.

I have this wildlife print that is perfect for the boys' sling bags. These bags would make excellent 'snack and tract' bags for door to door soul winning. 

Last summer we did go out door to door soul winning with our church on Saturday mornings. Since we moved it is going to be hard to do that with the church group this year. But when I was doing soul winning with my boys last year I got the idea to make these pouches for them. And now it is coming to fruition.