Medium Fa(b)rick Bag Round-Up — marchharedesign

What better way to usher in October (Spooky Season) than have my trusty Skelly man the machine for me?

As evidenced by the previous market, the people yearn for medium bags and who am I to deny such a request?

After the Chicago Bags solidified that the Medium Bags were a good idea to keep in stock, I dedicated the following week to making a few, and these 3 bags are the result of that effort. I kept the two-button closure, the tote straps, handles, and crossbody. I would also be willing to add a third button on the upcoming large bags, seems like a fun differentiation scheme for them to have a corresponding number of buttons to denote the make and model of an MHD Original.

This was the “Garden Variety” shell, with the interior being a riff on the blue and neutral palette that I’ve become familiar with dealing with Interior Design fabric. This is also a Soldier Bond pattern, a lot more organized than the previous small mosaic version, alternating between light and dark blue, creating light and dark diagonal striations. The runner, rather than being a Running Bond, is an English Bond, and not by accident. Each sample was cut into a 6-inch brick and a 3-inch square, meaning I had an excess of squares at my disposal, and I opted to utilize them to make the runner more unique.

The second of the trio was an exercise in how to spice up striped bricks of several shades, and the answer was dots and textures. Not only is the external shell “Desert Tiger” doing some decent work in warming the palette, the straps and handles also carry some color throughout. The interior was fun to finalize, with the runner being bumpy and the main panels a joy to trace upward.

The final triplet was a miscalculation I didn’t manage to catch in the process documentation stage, with the number of columns and rows of fa(b)ricks (or maybe they’d be courses, as bricks?) being incongruent to the usual measurement for medium bags. Regardless, I was able to make sure the vertical English Bond was sewn together, combining this neutral palette with the Black and White Striped Exterior Shell. The ribbed crossbody strap and the silver tote straps are some of my favorite details in the bag, along with the smattering of patterned pieces throughout the runner. In the gallery, you also see Skelly and Cream Cheese taking their collective break after all of their hard work.

Chicago Sampler Fa(b)rick Parade

Follow-up Diagonal Basketweave Fa(b)rick Bag