Miniature Messenger Bag w/ Pattern

 

I really love making these little bags because it is fun and easy to decorate them. This project is made from felt, which is an easy fabric to work with. I hand sewed the whole thing. I used brown felt to look like leather and visible stitches to make it look home-made and have a fairy asthetic. You can change it to fit your own style pretty easily by changing the color, decorations, and type of stitches. The bag fits dolls around 11 inches, like monster high, barbie, rainbow high and other fashion dolls. Look through all the directions before you start.

Print out the pattern below. Then trace onto felt and cut out.

Sew on a snap (or a different closure if you prefer) to the front of the bag. Don't worry about the flap yet.

Add any decorations to the front. Keep in mind how much the flap will cover, and leave a little more than a qaurter inch before the tabs so the embelishments don't end up on the bottom. I put a button on this bag.

Fold the tab so the short part lines up with the front of the bag. Sew the little corner together.

Fold again so the side of the tab lines up with the front. Sew along there. It should have completed one side of the bag.

Repeat on the other tab to close the bag.

Fold the flap over to close the bag, and look where it lines up with the snap. Sew the other snap on the flap. Add any embelishments you want on the flap now too.

Take the loose end of the strap and bring it to the other side. Sew it to the side.

Thanks for reading and I hope you have lots of fun making this!