Khaki & Paisley Satchel bag

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Now look, we had the khaki arguement last week so let's just agree that this is khaki to me. And I say it 'KarKee' not 'Kakky'.


Anyway, so when I released the Satchel pattern my darling mother immediately piped up, "I'll have one of those for my birthday please". Of course it was only a couple of weeks to her birthday and though I rushed and panicked, a couple of days before her birthday I realised I'd rushed too much and put the snaps in the wrong place and it was a useless version. I apologised, put it away and re-grouped.


Seeing as she was due to come and see us the week before last I thought it was time to pull it out and sort it out. All I had to do was unpick the flap and make a new one with snaps in the right place but of course I didn't have any of the fabric left so had to buy some more. Does anyone else get annoyed that postage is £3.95 for 1 FQ when a large letter stamp is 90p? Needless to say, if I'm going to spend £3.95 on postage, I'm buying a whole meter.

So I finished the bag off and had 3 minutes to take photos before my mother arrived! Eek!

I did paisley side tabs to tie in with the flap and hand stitched the leather handles to the side. 
 I went wild with this bag and bought a leather cross body strap for a little bit more of a finished look and I really like it. It was pricey and I'm not sure the leather it's made from is worth the price but I'll definitely be on the look out for leather handles I can cut off charity shop bags in the future!


This handle should improve with age as it is real leather. It should wear into a lovely chestnut shade rather than the slightly bright brown it currently is!

Lined with plain conker brown cotton with one zipped pocket.

If you want to make your own satchel bag you can find the pattern in my etsy store for £4 with instant download.

So what do you think, was it worth her waiting for?



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10 comments

  1. It is my most fav bag. It holds all my bits and bobs. I just love it. The colour is great and spookily matched the trainers I was wearing. I would recommend this pattern to all you Blogger's. Thank you sam for yet another great present. Mum

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  2. It is my most fav bag. It holds all my bits and bobs. I just love it. The colour is great and spookily matched the trainers I was wearing. I would recommend this pattern to all you Blogger's. Thank you sam for yet another great present. Mum

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  3. you know mum loves it when she says it twice ;)
    I still love that green paisley and 1m is definitely a winner, even with terrible postage prices.
    Having seen no action from you either on your blog or fb or Instagram in the last little while I was wondering if you are ok and was about to enquire when I saw this post. All ok?
    We say khaki the same way.

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  4. A very smart-looking satchel. REALLY like the lining colour and the khaki (or is it 'olive drab' ;)).
    I can easily see this in a warm moss-green tweed, with a similar leather strap, making for an excellent general-purpose man bag.

    Crackin'

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  5. Don't you just hate when you're almost finished with a project and you screw something up on the last step? Just the other day I sewed a pair of pants (pockets and all) before I realized that I had made 2 left legs. Duh! It's beyond frustrating, but Mom obviously loves her bag, and that's what matters! Can't wait to see all the work you've been doing around the house!

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  6. Tell your mother she's getting greedy. LOL LOVE that bag. And of course they're my favorite colors. With the leather strap and all, very L.L. Beanish - which I love.

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  7. I had to redo snaps on a backpack I was making a few times the other day. Such a pain.

    I've seen bags made with old leather belts for the straps (instead of trying to find a leather-handled bag) and have a couple belts in my stash waiting for me to give it a try. It seems like it would work, but I wonder what you think since you've made more (and fancier) bags than I have! I've never even worked with leather actually.

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  8. Look GREAT Samantha....I say KarKee too! LOL In fact I am making a sample backpack out of some KarKee canvas....well...it is the closest colour to KarKee in canvas I could find anyway LOL!
    Christine
    ChrisW Designs

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  9. Love the straps! Did your Mum love the bag?! And does she love the remodeling changes you have made on your house? :)

    Susie

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  10. it looks fab! £3.50 postage??? robbing *****s!

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