Midtown Messenger Bag

The April Bag from the Bag-of-the-Month Club is the Midtown Messenger Bag designed by Betz White. I made some changes as usual.

I  used my scraps of brown fabrics to create a quilt-as-you-go (qayg) flap to the messenger bag.

Instead of sewing accent strips down the flap I chose to add some rickrack for an accent and added French knots. A decorative stacked button in the center. I used a magnetic snap in the center because I didn't have thumb catch closures. Plus I think it's easier to access inside the bag with a magnetic closure rather than the 2 thumb closures.

I used one D-ring and sewed the other end of the adjustable strap in to the side gusset on the other side, instead of using another ring.

A fun cat print for the lining. A large slip-in pocket is under the flap in the front.

A recessed zipper under the flap. I added a zipper tab on both ends of the zipper so that I have something to grab onto when zipping.

Inside the bag is also a pocket that is padded with batting for holding a tablet. I don't have a tablet though.

Here is the tablet pocket opened. I added a snap closure rather than a Velcro closure.

Here is the snap on the tablet pocket.

The back of the bag has a large slip-in pocket. 

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