Men's Bag

After designing and creating a prototype for my bag, I sourced the materials and made my final accessory. Overall, I am really pleased with how my bag looks. When I was constructed the bag, I decided to put the pocket which originally, should have been on the front, inside the bag, this was because I found it difficult to sew on top of the bag after the wading had been attached to it, so to prevent the bag looking tatty I put the pocket inside. Having the pocket inside also means that any items that are placed inside it will have extra protection, not only from the quilting but it will not fall out the pocket like it could of if it was on the outside of the bag.

My favourite part of the bag is the lining. I bought a cotton material as I didn’t want it to be too thick and I chose red as the main colour for my jacket design is also red which links with my sport of car racing, where Formula 1 is also associated with the colour red. I also chose leatherette as it would prevent any water getting through to the inside of the bag when walking to the car.

If I was to design my bag again, I would use buckram on each side of the bag to give it more stability. Even though, I like how the bag falls into place as it is now, I think  if it was stood up with buckram, it would be a lot easier to handle and to place things in.

 

Below the images of the bag is the bag garment specification which gives the details of the bag and what is needed before it goes into manufacturing.