
Felt Shoulder Bag
A few weeks ago, when I made my Camouflage type hat, I also made a satchel type bag. I used a more brown shades of wool and slightly less rusty/orangey colours. I used some camo print silk from an old scarf, some cotton gauze and also pieces of dyed muslin that Ruth sent me. On the back of the bag, I used a large piece of silk because I thought it would pill/bobble less where it rubbed against clothes.
This is a slightly different angle:
I also used a piece of cotton scrim to line the insides
I attached D rings to the side, for the shoulder strap to attach to. I tried to find webbing the right thickness to make my own strap, but couldn’t get the colour and thickness I wanted, so I’m going to use one from a bag I bought.
I did think about using straps and buckles for closing the bag, but decided that would be a bit fiddly
So, in the end I used magnetic clasps, and folded the bottom flap up about an inch. I don’t like the way the machine stitching turned out though, the clasp distorted it, so I might unpick it and do it again.
26 thoughts on “Felt Shoulder Bag”
great ideas Zed, tho’ I do like the silver clasps, I’d never think of putting silk to prevent piling, more ideas for stirring in my pot 🙂
Thanks, Carole 🙂
I like the silver clasps too, I think they’d work better on a bigger bag.
Oh wow, it looks great. It’s a “camouflage meets cuteness” bag 😀
Thanks Leonor 🙂
that turned out great. Like the way you put the rings on the side.
Thanks, Ann 🙂
Very cool bag, Zed! It can’t have been easy to create the camouflage effect.
Thanks, Cathy 🙂
I did have a large amount of Merino in many shades all over my kitchen, it did get a bit of a pain constantly drying my hands.
A very stylish camo bag! 🙂
Thanks Fleur 🙂
I love the colors! Are you going to use the bag or do you have other plans for it?
Thanks, Ruth 🙂
Yeah, this is another one for me 🙂
I never thought I’d see camouflage that looked so good! Nice work!
Thanks, Marilyn 🙂
Very nice bag zed. Love the camouflage felt! 🙂
Thanks, Judith 🙂
I love how this turned out! I agree with you about ripping out the machine stitching. The colors and pattern look like tree lichen, or the mosses that cling to the very large rock/boulder that is in my yard. Love it!
Thanks, Gail 🙂
I’m going to look for better matching thread today to do it again.
That sure was a lot of effort, but hey, it really paid off. Looks great.
Thanks, Judy 🙂
I think most of the ‘effort’ was in thinking, rather than doing!
Looks great Zed, I hope you will make some more, I think this could be a popular seller…
Thanks, Teri 🙂
Wow, wonderful! I like the colours as well as the embellishments you used. What is the size of this bag?
Thanks, Nada 🙂
It’s 10 inches/25.5 cm wide and 9 inches/23cm wide.
Love it! The felt bag looks very stylish with its non-felt handle.
Thanks, Lyn 🙂
I like the idea of a removable, transferable strap.