Girls Camp 2012

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Karsen's shoulder bag

Karsen is a - well he's a funny kid! His brain is always thinking of stuff to do, stuff to make, stuff to figure out. One day he handed me some drawings. And told me he'd like a over the shoulder bag like this.

 And this was the kind of material he wanted it made out of. 

 Well, I didn't think much of it at first, but then my brain started working and I started looking! And here's the finished project. I got it cut out and ready in OK while I was there and as soon as girls camp was over I started sewing! This is the front of the bag.

 One side. Don't know if you can see it very well or not, but I found this thick gear to put in the middle of the gear fabric. It's sort of peeking out there. He saw that and said, "Cool! It's a gear!"

 This is the inside. I put a pocket along one side for pencils and stuff. The only thing different I did was put the bottle holder on the inside. That's what that black stuff is.  Can you believe I found fabric that looked exactly like his drawings!?!?

 This is the other side, before I put the handle on. And before I took those middle gears off and glued them on instead. Didn't like the way it looked stitched on.

I think it turned out pretty good and He couldn't wait to have it finished after I took it over to get the strap length figured out. Of course I had to take it home and put all the finishing touches on it and finish the handle and the strap. "Mom, go get my bag - why didn't grandma bring her sewing machine over and finish it here!?" He's too funny!