one evening, while mindlessly scrolling instagram, i happened upon a post for the emerson crossbody bag by the blanket statement, and i knew i had to have it. and let’s be clear, we all know this is a fanny pack, riding the wave of the current trend of crossbody bags. either way, i have been in a bit of a sewing rut (i feel like i say that a lot) and finding smaller projects to get jumpstarted usually proves helpful.
the first bag i made was for anna. i have been hoarding a print that i picked up on our summer 2021 road trip and knew it would be a perfect fit. it’s called good vibes only and is filled with bright, colorful, eighties styled words of empowerment and encouragement. i made it scrappy with some other colorful fabrics and zippers and it turned out perfectly.
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i didn’t take many pics of the process for anna’s (or a pic of her modeling it because she was at camp when i finished it). but, i was so happy with it, i started right in on a second one for hazel. of course she selected the purple ruby star cat face fabric from my stash and it suits her perfectly.
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it’s hard to take photos of three dimensional things, that also have an inside and and outside. i’ll have to research some methods if i’m to continue in this trajectory.
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when anna got home from camp (and hazel was more hygienically pleasing), i enlisted them both to model their new bags. hazel prefers crossbody. anna, who has an 80s kid soul, went the fanny pack route.
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obviously, i also needed a fanny pack for myself. obviously.
with a few summer trips on the schedule, this would be a great addition to my wardrobe/storage situation. again, i selected some LONG hoarded cactus/desert themed fabric for this special calling and i love love love it.
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i have been wearing mine all the time. i might need to make another for myself and maybe do the strap a little differently. i’m not a fan of where it clips on your body when you’re wearing it as a fanny pack.
anyways. expect to see more of these in the future. i bought a lot of zipper tape and webbing and clips. 🙂
These are amazing. And yes Sarah does wear it everywhere 😀