Back to Backpacks

Try cutting back on your Back To School costs by trying a project yourself! The three perfect bags for any of your children!  Maybe it's the grandson's first day at school or your daughter is excited to go back to see her friends again - no matter what the situation, a creative project of your own is the best gift of all!

The Pheobe Backpack

I know this personally with my experience back when I made my first school bag for my son, he wore it to school with such pride as a child!

The Donna Backpack

Two of the patterns this week were both rotting together in my sketchbook for the past 5 years but I finally went around to completing them and can finally present these creations to all of you!

The Ann Pencil Case

Laptops For Back To School!

Since my youngest is a now a high school student. The back to school concept now isn't the same as it was when they were younger. I don't look to buy or design pencil cases and lunch boxes. These days it's always been laptop cases & and other portable cases.

With slim laptops such as the MacBook now a popular norm among the young generation, I found myself with more requests from both my sons to make them a sleeve. This week, I went ahead and finished those designs just in time for the back to school season! Introducing three different casual laptop bags, I wanted something that would cater towards a younger audience than the traditional formal bags!

Gwyneth Laptop Bag

Samuel Laptop Bag

Marley MacBook Sleeve

Musette TROUBLE!

I've been looking into a method to design a Musette Bag into our collection for quite some time. But always had trouble starting. Unlike some other projects which their names are defined by the designs, the Musette Bag is defined by its purpose. The purpose being long travel with lots of storage.

With that in mind, I started on three different Musette bag styles. The first being the most popular one the Frankie Musette Bag. This was based on the original design used the American soldiers in WWII.

Frankie Musette Bag

The next one was made with the thought of cycling for a long distance. It was mostly based on most cycling bag, but shying away from the original design just a bit. I wanted it to be a bit more stylish in design & feel. I hope it comes across as such to you as well!

Brett Musette Bag

The last but not least design was the Corey Musette Bag. This one took influence from the traditional Korean travel bag. Traditionally Koreans would use a design cylinder shaped bag such as this while traveling on foot. This has to be my personal favorite out the three Musette bag.

Corey Musette Bag