I made my own pattern!  

This bag was created as a prototype for a friend who was looking for a specific type of shoulder bag.  She had a few specifications and I didn't have a pattern that fit all of her ideas...so I made my own pattern!  I am so excited that it worked out!  

Here are some of the pictures!  I have been using this bag for about a week now.  I really like the way it hangs and how much it holds.  Once my friend picks her fabric, I will make hers!  

The pleats were the hardest part to design.  Getting the measurements right was a bit tricky!

I love the cheery lining!

I decided to tackle an inside zipper pocket... I seem to always miss the pocket if the bag doesn't have one.  

It actually worked very well, thanks to Lisa Lam's sewing book...

The adjustable strap makes it possible to wear the bag as a shoulder bag or cross body bag.  

This is a great book for anyone who likes to sew bags.  It has all sorts of good instructions for making straps, pockets and closures... plus a few actual bag patterns.  

The Latest Bagley Bag... a cute baby tote!  I love the printed fabric, especially the elephants!  

This is the inside... a few pockets and a magnetic snap!  

The bag is reinforced with both fusible fleece and interfacing to give it strength and shape.  I love how it stands up all on it's own.

Silent Auction Item!

I made this bag for a silent auction to benefit my son's Hockey team.  It turned out cute, but was a pain to make.  Everything that could go wrong did.  I had picked some upholstery fabric to use in the beginning.  I had the whole bag cut out and tried to iron the interfacing on.  First, I burned the fabric... learned you  can't set your iron so high with this type of upholstery fabric.  Re-cut the piece, tried to iron on the interfacing again... my interfacing wouldn't stick to the fabric.  Ugh.  So, I threw all the upholstery fabric in the circular file and proceeded to begin all over again with regular cotton fabric.  Then the pattern was incorrect on the pleat placement... I had to do a bunch of modifications.  

Lesson learned, never try a new pattern when you are in a time crunch!  Everything that can go wrong, will!!!!!  

 Vintage buttons from my Grandma Heiden!  

 It turned out cute, but smaller than I had hoped.  

Glad it all came together in the end... I almost gave up on this one!  

The latest Bagley Bags projects!

This is a tutu that I made for my niece... it took 75 feet of tulle!  

This next project is a cute little pouch for your key ring!  It turned out adorable.  

This is my lame attempt at learning how to crochet!  Ha Ha!  

Golden Drumsticks!  My friend and I made these for her 20 year old son on his Golden Birthday!  He is a great drummer and he loved them!  

I made 8 of these crazy elephants at Christmas time... they were fun to give away to the little ones!  

 

 This was an experiment, I modified a pattern to make this envelope money system wallet.  Dave Ramsey would be proud!  

This was a custom bag made for my cousin in law!  I love this fabric!

Recent Creations!

Well, once again, I am way behind in putting up pictures of things I have created lately.  However, Blogger has changed the way it uploads pictures.  It is much faster, so this will be much easier from now on.  Hope you like the pictures!  

I am way behind!  Here are some pictures of the newest bags I have made over the last few months... hope you like them!  

This first one is a fun Fairy Backpack for my niece!  She loved it!  

This is an awesome pattern I found on the internet... I used some of Amy Butler's home dec weight fabric, and I love it!  This one was for ME!  :)

This is the backpack I made for my nephew!  He really liked all the dinosaurs!

This bag and style has been very popular!  I love the fun fall floral prints.  I think I need one of these, too!  

Another fall bag...  

And one more fall bag...