Comments on: Made My Own Messenger Bag

By: albert

albert — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:24:18 +0000

thanks for the post, im in the middle of my project too…

By: Daren Ann

Daren Ann — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:24:51 +0000

Hi
love your messenger bag pattern. i want to make one after i bought a bright green one at the Architecture store in Chicago. mine is not a deep on the sides. but i carried everything for a day while at an art school. scarves, jacket, umbrella ( i left at a bus stop in St. Paul) raincoat, cell, makeup, fabric, lunch – wow I pack too much stuff- my stuff has stuff and now I want to make some for my friends and donations and for every outfit i wear. thanks for posting the pattern.

By: raimi

raimi — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:39:19 +0000

i like this!!

By: TC

TC — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:22:20 +0000

Do the sides of the bag taper (get thinner, I suppose) as they go up? It looks like it in the photographs but the pattern looks like they are straight sides…

By: So&So

So&So — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:06:39 +0000

Nice work, That’s a great looking bag. And of course the tech stuff/review is the real bonus. One question, how did you come upon the idea of using the circles to get the curves? Why not simple angles like the other parts of the bag? Was it due to the CAD program, (Autocad?) Just a curiosity. Actually, A true curiosity, did you make the pattern from an unfolded “object” in the CAD program, or was it always a 2D pattern? Either way, this is great bit of info, and am happy that it ahs been shared with all of us. Can’t wait to hear more details the next time around.

Cheers,

P.s. ITW NEXUS is the best, the whole free-sample thing is amazing.

By: MC

MC — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:45:43 +0000

Hey, I once had a bag stolen from me and I was totally lost for months. I neve would have been able to recreate it for others. You’re a good person. Thanks.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:36:16 +0000

Hey man, thanks so much for posting this! I decided to make my own bag, as opposed to paying freakin 150 bucks, and thought there had to be other people doing the same. Great job, great bag, and thanks for the instructions!

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:10:25 +0000

Hi Sam, thanks for the nice description and for sharing your ideas. But there is a problem with your pattern. I build two prototypes of bags, one with your pattern and one with another pattern I found on the internet. If you put the empty bag flat on the ground, the flap has to be as wide as the rest of the bag, so it closes well even if it is empty. With your pattern, the opening of the bag becomes wider than the flap.

By: Meg

Meg — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:18:23 +0000

i’ve been looking for a couple months for some guide to help me along, i’m ganna make a biker’s camera bag outa this, how hard are the pop riveters to put in?

By: rachel

rachel — Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:10:38 +0000

whoa. damn fine bag, and exactly what i wanted but was too lazy to make a pattern for myself. thanks for doing the hard part so well!

where’d you get a pop riveter? major $$ or not?