Animal Prints ... and a Frog

I had been looking for a simple, quick, smaller crossbody bag that I could use as a replacement for a souvenir bag that I bought while I was in Australia a few years ago.  It was lightweight and just big enough for the essentials...my passport, a couple of credit cards, my phone.  I loved the one I bought in Australia but it got very wet when I was sightseeing one day and it fell apart.  When I got home I put what was left of it in a storage bag and labeled it. I had to sit down one day and figure out how it went together so I could make an even better one. 

When I was searching online for bag patterns (imagine that), I came across one that looked just like that souvenir bag.  It was called Zip & Go by Erin Erickson of Dog Under My Desk.  Imagine my surprise when I hit the link that took me back to her blog on the day she introduced the pattern...she made it to replace a souvenir bag that she bought in Australia!!!  There in the picture was the same bag but in a different color!  No need for me to figure it out, someone luckily beat me to it.

This bag goes together easily and quickly and has no raw edges or bound edges as many of these types of bags do.

I find that I have been using a lot of animal prints lately.  They have been very popular with my customers.  So, I recently made this bag ...

in a white leopard print ...

in a brown and cream zebra print...

 

 

 

and in a green frog doing yoga fabric.

 

I used a faux leather for the straps and the back of these bags.  It allowed me to use a very small leftover piece of fabric for the front.  The bag measures 9.5" x 7.5"