Here is my Cosmo Bag from Amy Butler’s Style Stitches book. After this and the Reverible Everyday Shopper, I think I’ve got my need for bag sewing out of my system now – thank goodness! I do quite enjoy sewing bags, but really, how many do you need?! And what do you do with the old ones you have sewn and are still in pretty good condition but you don’t use anymore because you have new ones???!! Throw them away? It just seems wrong to thrown something you have made in the rubbish!
Anyway, I digress…here is the Cosmo Bag:
There are a lot of details I am really enjoying about this bag…the big exterior side pockets are perfect for stashing keys, your phone, other bits and pieces that always get lost in the bottom of your bag. I especially love the little strip of contrasting fabric at the top of the pocket that also makes up the pocket lining.
And the closure is something I have never seen before, the pointed end and chunky loop add a funky look to the bag. The button is supposed to be fabric covered but I didn’t have any big enough. This blue button was my “makeshift” button, but it has grown on me and I think I’ll keep it there.
Another thing I am really loving about this bag and the Reversible Everyday Shopper is the bottom and side panels that help to give the bag more of a square shape and make it sit nicely when it is full of bulky items. All of the other bags I have made have a box-bottom, but never sit as nicely when full.
