Typically I overlook how a lot I like bag stitching. It’s simply so satisfying. No becoming! I get to make use of a denims needle! I pull out my heavy material quantity 8 foot! And as soon as I’m achieved stitching it, I get to make use of it each day. I like all of my home made clothes, however a bag is a bit like a espresso mug, one thing each practical and exquisite, that you just attain for every morning. And I really feel doubly in love with l’Oeuf Bag. Its pleasing oval form, its double pull zipper, and its many pockets. It’s a nice bag. So let’s discuss every little thing you must make your personal.
Outer Cloth for l’Oeuf Bag
We suggest mid- to heavy-weight woven materials for L’Oeuf Bag. A favourite alternative of mine is Large Sur Canvas. It is available in a variety of colours and is available at many native and on-line retailers. My white bag is constructed from Large Sur canvas.
In case you are model new to stitching luggage, Large Sur or Essex linen are wonderful selections. Essex is a bit lighter so it would be best to make sure you interface all of your items (the directions let you know to dam fuse, which is fabulously simple and un-fussy). I used Essex linen for the floral bag.
Duck canvas is one other nice alternative. The robin’s egg blue bag is made with a heavy duck canvas. It is a sturdy material, and it’s thicker than different canvases, which implies it’ll maintain the form tremendous nicely, however be a little bit trickier to stitch.
Two different nice choices that give a extremely skilled end are dry oilskin and waxed canvas. These materials ought to NOT be interfaced on account of their coating. We’d suggest these materials solely in case you are an skilled bag maker, as they’re tougher to work with, particularly for the spherical gusset step. Ensure that to make use of a urgent material for a majority of these materials. The inexperienced bag with patterned webbing is made with dry oilskin. The caramel one is product of waxed canvas.
Lining Cloth for l’Oeuf Bag
You actually can’t beat quilting cotton for lining material. There are countless cute prints to select from and it’s a good weight. Cotton garden or different light-weight cottons would additionally work nicely for lining. We don’t suggest flannel or different thick materials, or something slippery.
Webbing and Different Notions for L’Oeuf Bag
L’Oeuf Bag consists of an appendix for making a strap from material, however webbing is a superb alternative that may prevent time and material, in addition to including curiosity to your bag with a brand new texture. Additionally it is an awesome alternative to play with coloration. You should use a width of 1” or 1.5” (be certain that to get the identical dimension sliders and bag {hardware}.)
1” webbing gives you a little bit bit extra respiration room when stitching the gusset. Noodlehead has a gorgeous choice of webbing in each 1” and 1.5” widths.
The rainbow webbing on the blue Oeuf Bag will be discovered at Sew Provide Co. This webbing is on the stiffer aspect. Sew additionally has the patterned webbings. In contrast, these webbings are fairly smooth.
Webbing presents a chance to both match or distinction along with your outer material. A impartial bag with matching webbing will probably be an awesome wear-with-everything piece to seize in your approach out the door. But it surely may also be actually enjoyable to decide on a contrasting coloration to your webbing. You will get a zipper to match and have a singular Egg Bag! In the event you select a print, like I did for my floral Essex linen bag, you possibly can pull a coloration from the print for a coordinating webbing.
Listed here are a number of examples of combos of Large Sur Canvas and strong webbing I like:
Zippers for L’Oeuf Bag
We suggest a nylon coil zipper for this sample. A nylon coil is nice as a result of you possibly can sew straight via it and it opens and closes very easily. Noodlehead has an awesome choice of colours and lengths. That’s the place the zippers on the cream and inexperienced luggage are from. The rainbow zipper in addition to the zipper on the waxed canvas bag will be discovered right here. Please notice that for this off-roll kind, you additionally have to buy pulls.
I used a steel zipper on the floral Oeuf Bag. I like the way it appears to be like however it’s trickier to stitch and it’s a must to have the precise dimension. You possibly can’t sew via a steel zipper and must take away enamel to trim it down. I’ll by no means cease anybody from following their bliss, however utilizing a nylon coil zipper makes for a extra nice stitching expertise.
A notice on binding
This sample assumes you’ll purchase ready-made binding or are capable of make your personal binding. We like this bias binding video tutorial. I used some coordinating scraps I discovered to make mine because you don’t want very a lot. But when you don’t want to go to the difficulty of creating binding (I typically don’t) The Small Circle has a gorgeous choice of pre-made double-fold bindings.
Bag {Hardware}
Most sliders and rectangle rings are available in packs of two, which implies you’ll have an additional since we solely require a hoop on one aspect. I took the freedom of putting in rings on each side. You might be free to do that! It’s a bonus change, and never written into the sample. My bag strap remains to be a lot lengthy sufficient even with an additional 4 inches reduce off for the tab. It does imply additionally, you will have to loop the one finish of the strap across the ring and sew it in place on the finish, just like how you’ll for the slider. This isn’t too arduous, however when you don’t wish to mess with extra {hardware}, I would depart it off and save any additional rings for a wet day… or one other bag!
And that’s nearly every little thing you must know to make L’Oeuf, and the way to decide on material and notions. I really hope you get pleasure from stitching this up as a lot as I did, and that it brings you pleasure each time you slip your cellphone into that inside pocket. Completely happy stitching!