Gym bag

My old gym bag was starting to look rough and I was finding it cumbersome on the subway so I made myself a new one. All I knew was that I wanted it to be like a duffle bag, long and narrow, but flat. So with minimal designing, I came up with this:

I used a heavy fabric from ikea for the exterior and a large scale black and white gingham (yeah, yeah, you know I love gingham) and a solid black fabric for an interior zipper pocket. I basically just figured out the width with my runners and then stacked my water bottle, gym clothes and wallet on top to figure out length. The opening does have a zipper, similar to my zipper pouches, but I folded it over and sewed it down to hide it. The strap I cannibalized from an old bag I haven’t used in years. Sometimes being a pack rat is handy!

Test run on Tuesday, we will see how it goes!

In sad crafting news, the Fabricland at Yonge and Bloor under The Bay is closing it’s doors forever at the end of July. All fabric is on sale, all notions, patterns, hardware, everything is 50% off at the very least. I’ve been twice already and will probably go again to stock up on more gingham and batting.