The Rosie Sling

I almost gave it up. Blogging. Yesterday. Aside from all the procrastination since my last post, and thoughts of quitting, I trudged on and started this post yesterday, determined to write at least this one more, because this is such a cool bag that I wanted it out there. Then Blogger INSISTED that some of my photos upload sideways. WHY DOES IT DO THAT?!?!???! I wasted so much time fighting it yesterday! Finally a little googling brought me to a solution. It’s rather a pain, but it worked. For each photo that uploaded sideways, I had to go into my photo library, edit the pic to be other than the proper orientation, save it, then go back and edit it again, making it the way I wanted it, then saving it again. Then it would upload correctly. But it had to be the 2-step process; I couldn’t just edit once. So even knowing how to get the pics to upload correctly, it still took a long time because of all the steps it involved. Ugh.

All that aside, here is my last major sewing project, The Rosie Sling, from the pattern by Shannon Timchula of Knotted Threads Co.

I so loved the bag from my previous post and how well-written its instructions were that I decided to get her latest pattern and make that one, too, even though I didn’t have any use for it nor know anyone who did. I sewed it just for the pleasure of doing so, plus I’d heard that Shannon had a fabulous method included for doing binding, and I wanted to learn what it was.

Here are some progress pics. The entire bag, except for the outer layer of the exterior pocket, was made from waterproof canvas. I used fusible foam on the front and back exterior pieces. It wasn’t in the pattern (fusible fleece instead), but Shannon had suggested it in her Facebook group, so I wanted to try it.

(Just a note on fusing to waterproof canvas… the fusible fleece worked just fine, other that wanting to slide around prior to hitting it with the iron. It adhered very well. The foam fused, using a longer time with the iron and quite a bit of moisture, but I found it didn’t stay fused well. I could have easily peeled it off at any point, but I handled it carefully so that it stayed on long enough to get the bag sewn together.)

There’s an interior slip pocket, and I even remembered to add my label (for a change).

As always, Wonder Clips were a necessity. Mine are getting kind of old and have had a lot of use, and I’ve been breaking one after another lately, so I bought some new ones from Amazon. They are not official Wonder Clips, but they seem just as good. In these two pics they’re holding down the binding.

Below is the result using Shannon’s method. I have to say, it’s the best I’ve ever had binding turn out! I’m so pleased, and I’ll definitely be using that method on any future projects with binding.

Here’s a closer look.

Nice, huh?

The bag has a slightly taller back than what the front is, to give it a nicer shape when worn. It has darts in the outer pocket, so there’s plenty of room to slide your phone and/or whatever inside. Yet it’s deep enough that nothing’s apt to fall out.

It can be worn on front or back, and there’s a D-ring at each side of the back bottom so it can be worn on the left or right side, per the wearer’s preference. Here are a couple pics of me with it on the front (taking pics of it on my back were too challenging!). 

It’s bigger than something I would wear on the front, but some people like the convenience of it being right there with their phone so handy. I can also see how it would be nice to use on one’s back.

The sewing pattern can be found here. If you like this one that I made, it’s available for purchase. Just send me an email via the link on my sidebar. I do have to say that it’s a very sturdy bag, especially with that foam in there; it actually feels like a piece of luggage. I wish I had a use for it!

That’s all I’ve sewn in the last few months, other than a couple of very quick, very little items. I’ll show you in my next post (and I won’t wait 5 months to do it!). Also, Courtney sewed some Christmas gifts, and I’ll post them, too. She did a great job! So I’ll be back. Once more, at least. After that, we’ll see. But I do have another pattern test coming up very soon, sooooo……