Closet Flashback: The Weekender Bag

The Weekender is how my mom taught me to sew and I have some very fond memories attached to this bag. She made one too and walked me through every step of the process. I had only dabbled with sewing before attempting this pattern and afterwards felt pretty much ready to tackle anything. It's a really fun project to make BUT it's a beast.     

I was heading out of town this weekend and dug through my closet to find this trusty bag! It hasn't seen the light of day for a while so it was time to put it to good use. It's the perfect size for a quick getaway and holds up really well over time (at least mine has).  

I have aspirations to make this pattern again someday in really girly fabric...maybe something in pink? 

Here is the original posting for both bags...

Amy Butler - The Weekender Bag

For many months now mom and I have been anxiously waiting to sew the Weekender. We finally procured all of the necessary layers of interfacing, template plastic and home deco fabric and spent several hours each just cutting all of the pieces out. We sewed our own piping and through the completion of many laborious seams, found out not only what stock our sewing machines were made of but how many pin related battle scars we could carry!

In the end, we showed the bags who was boss. Take that extra heavy interfacing and multi-layer, curved seams!