DIY travel bag: pattern and tailoring

Going on a journey, each person takes with him a certain minimum of things that need to be folded somewhere. Most often, travel bags are used for these purposes, as the most suitable option for any type of transport, be it a car, bus, train or plane. This necessary travel accessory can be sewn with your own hands while saving money and becoming the owner of a unique, roomy and most convenient bag.

A travel bag for a woman is of great importance. It should be not only roomy with many pockets, but also beautiful. When sewing this accessory with your own hands, all these characteristics can be taken into account, and you need to start with the selection of fabric.

Material for sewing needs to be selected durable, since the bag must withstand certain loads. Sacking, tarpaulin or greta, used when sewing work clothes, are perfect for sewing bags.

The sewing steps are as follows:

1. For a large side wall we draw a figure resembling a trapezoid, where the lower side is 54 cm, the upper one is slightly smaller, namely 52 cm, and the sides are 35 cm, round the corners of the part. Such blanks will require two pieces. The bottom and two ends of the bag are expressed in one piece in the shape of a rectangle with a size of 100x26. For pens, we draw a rectangular part 10 cm wide, but the length can be adjusted depending on the desire, it can be from 30 to 50 cm. The top of the bag will consist of two 13x65 rectangular parts.
2. We lay out the finished pattern on the fabric and circle each detail with allowance for seam allowances, namely 1.5 cm. We begin to collect the bag. First, we sew a zipper between the two parts of the top. To do this, we tuck long sections from the side of the zipper sewn, for each part to the wrong side. Then, using pins, we pin the zipper to the parts and sew.
3. Now we begin to sew two loops in the form of loops between the upper part with a zipper and a detailbeing both the bottom and the ends of the bag. To do this, it is necessary to fold the two main parts with the front sides, and between them insert a loop and sew from the wrong side. On the other hand, it is similar to sew the second loop. Then turn over now a single workpiece and flash already from the front side.
4. Cooking handles for sewing. At each workpiece we turn the slices to the wrong side, then fold each part in half and sew on each side. We attach the finished handles with pins to the trapezoid-shaped blanks. The distance between the two ends of the handles depends on their length, as well as on personal preferences.
5. We begin to attach to the workpiece with a zipper first one large side wall with a handle, and then the second.
6. If desired you can add a hard bottom to this modelnesting inside the bag. To do this, cut the cardboard and sheathe it with a cloth. Instead of cardboard, you can use polyurethane foam, isolon, linoleum, haberdashery cardboard.

Sewing a travel accessory from old jeans is not difficult, and most importantly, it turns out a unique and inimitable model without any special material costs.

For sewing you will need:

• old jeans and pieces of leather for pens and bottom;
• lining fabric;
• non-woven or doubler;
• pins, threads, sewing machine;
• pattern.

First you need to cut the jeans in the fastener area and at the back along the seam. It turned out two halves, which are cut along the inner seam. The upper part of the jeans is designed for large side walls, and the bottom is useful for cutting the handles and ends of the bag. We smooth the workpieces and pin the pattern, according to which we cut out the details, taking into account the allowances for the seams.

Now we cut the lining, you can use the old shirt. We cut out the sidewalls, bottom and ends. Pockets with zippers and open pockets can be sewn to the large sides. The bottom of the bag can be made of both leather and denim. To shape the lower part, it is better to make an additional removable bottom, consisting of cardboard in a fabric cover and attached to the main one using a Velcro contact tape.

We strengthen the main jeans details with non-woven or doubler, then we sew them with lining parts and proceed to the manufacture of pens. We lay out the prepared two parts with the wrong side up, and in the center of each blank we put in advance prepared strips of leather. On both sides we turn the slices of each part so that the formed edge comes into contact with the skin, pin with pins. Then we sew both blanks on each side.

Getting started with the bag:

1. First, we sew the zipper into the upper part. Then we sew two large sides to the bottom of the bag from the wrong side.
2. Using pins, attach the handles to the large sides and then grind. Sew loops to the ends of the future accessory. If they are with rings, then in the future, you can sew a long handle to the finished bag, fastened to the rings with a carabiner.
3. Sew the ends of the bag with the top blank, into which lightning is already sewn. The result was a long strip, which we attach first to one wall of the bag, and then to the second.

Bag ready to use.

How to sew a model from a denim skirt, see the next video.

In order to sew a leather travel bag with your own hands you will need:

• a piece of calfskin for a bag and thick dense thick leather-shabrack for the bottom;
• awl;
• scissors or knife;
• glue;
• two strong needles with a wide eye;
• hammer;
• tape measure;
• a special thread for stitching the skin;
• lightning bolts.

First you need to make a pattern consisting of two main parts. For the sides and the bottom, we draw a rectangle 55 cm wide and 89 cm long. The second rectangle, 123 cm long and 21 cm wide, is the ends and top of the bag. For pens, draw rectangles with rounded ends on both sides.

We apply the pattern to the wrong side of the skin, circle, taking into account the allowances for the seams and cut it out. Iron the resulting workpieces with an iron, spreading them face up and placing a sheet of paper on them.

Before stitching the blanks, it is necessary to outline the lines along which the line will go. This is done either using special tools, or using a ruler to accurately draw. Next, you need to make holes for the future seam, either using a punch, or using an awl and a hammer. Parts are stitched together using the saddle seam, the strongest and most reliable. The formed seam must be tapped with a hammer so that the stitches fit well.

Getting to the formation of pens. First we glue them, but not completely leave areas on each side that will then be attached to the main blank. Inside each blank we insert a nylon cord with a diameter of 8 mm, its ends are lubricated with glue and removed inside the handle. It is necessary to maintain the circular cross section of this element. Sew handles to the main blank.

We first glue it on the second part, and then sew on the lock strip and cut out a place for the zipper. Sew it in gently grabbing only the edge. It turns out two parallel seams running along the zipper on each side. If desired, two pockets are sewn on each side of the top of the bag. Then both workpieces are sewn together with the addition of corsage tape to prevent deformation.

Now you can start making the lining. We cut it out similarly to the main blanks. It turned out two details.

A lock strip is cut from the skin, the same as on the main blank and sewn to the lining fabric. Several small leather pads are sewn perpendicularly to her. Small leather overlays are also sewn onto the second lining part. Both parts are stitched together.

Inside the bag there is a cap and a ready-made lining. We glue the leather pads sewn to the main part of the lining fabric with cheprak and with a bag. The protruding parts of the lining can be grabbed with several stitches. We also glue the upper part of the lining with the located lock strip under the zipper from the bottom, and then flash it - and your bag is ready!