PPC22: Sketch-a-Bag

So…

it might seem like it’s WAY too early to be starting a new cycle of “Purse Pattern Chronicles” because it was just a few weeks ago that we released our newest pattern, the Side Slinger, but here’s the deal… we actually could’ve released the Side Slinger much earlier than we did… in early April to be exact, but since that was at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic it just didn’t seem like the right time. So I kinda put it on ice until mid-May.

At any rate, I’m ready to begin work on a new project now and since there’s no trade shows in our foreseeable future and since our vacation was cancelled due to the aforementioned pandemic, we’re looking at a very l-o-n-g expanse of uninterrupted time to work on this pattern… something that hasn’t happened for many years.

Anyway, let me show you what’s on my mind this time!

I’ve only really ever brought one bag to Market that was truly designed to be a backpack (the **Odyssey**)! Oh I’ve got a few others that can be worn as a backpack, most notably the **Cosmo Convertible** and the **Sling Along**, but given the fact that so many of customers ask us specifically for a dedicated backpack design I thought… maybe now is the time?!?

At any rate, I plan on installing a zipper into the Strap so that it can be zipped open for to carry this bag as a backpack, or can be zipped closed to carry this bag as a crossbody or shoulder bag.

Here’s the bag front which will feature a Grab n’ Go handle and a zippered pocket (there’s one on the bag back too as well as inside the bag). The main entry will be a zipper closure too, and WOW— that’s FIVE zippers, BUT one of the few bags I’ve designed that doesn’t feature a sew-in invisible magnet!

So my question to you is..

What do you this about this style? Does the size and functionality appeal to you in any way? And if so, are there features you like for us it include or omit from this design? So do stay tuned for the next post in this series as we continue to develop this new design… coming up in our next post, the 1st prototype!

And now…. it’s YOUR turn!

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