So after reading like a hundred tutorials (not really, but it felt like it) I felt I was ready to experiment on making my own. Shout out to Ayumi over at http://ayumills.blogspot.com/ for providing such beautiful pics and instructions. You rock!
The easiest part was making the strap. Took me like five minutes to sew it together.
Next came putting the pouch together. I had a moment of confusion when I was sewing the lining to the zipper as Ayumi had instructed, as usually I would make a zipper sandwich and sew the lining and the outer fabric together all in one shot. But who am I to question the awesomeness of Ayumi? So I pressed on.
After some fiddling around to line up the fabrics and make sure the strap was securely fastened to the bag, I finally got the entire thing stitched together.
Now it was time to "birth the bag". Trust me when I say this was the easiest birthing I ever had to do. Thankfully I wised up after making a few pouches and remembered to leave at least a 3-4" opening in the lining to do this magical act.
I then stitched the opening closed and tucked in the lining, making sure to poke the ends out with my trusty scissors. I love those scissors.
And here's the finished product. I'm so proud of myself. So much so that I will be making TONS of these.
