Messenger Bags for Little Friends

My friend who lives in Taiwan was visiting US for the summer.

One of her boys had 3rd birthday while visiting, so we decided to join the festivity and bring some presents.

Well, while I was visiting Japan in June/July, I acquired some cute fabrics that I cannot find or too expensive to want to buy here in US.

When I saw this "Mr. Men and Little Miss" theme fabric in Japan, I immediately thought of the boys because they love the books. So, I had to get it to work on something for them.

I used the fabric for the project: Messenger bags for the birthday boy!

He has an older brother who was classmate with my oldest daughter, so I decided to make another one for him, too :)

I thought of making a messenger bag with the fabric as whole exterior, but that would be a little... Overwhelming, I thought.

So, the black canvas was used mainly for the exterior, the cute fabric was used for the liner and the flap.

Since this is all cotton, this can be machine washed. Sturdy because of the canvas and heavy interfacing used. Belt length can be adjustable, too.

Hopefully, they will be put to good use!