Knowing my predilection for product advertising bags, a good friend gifted me with the packaging from her Michigan-made, American Spoon pancake mix. Following in the footsteps of other repurposed packaging -- like the slings I made of Starbucks coffee bags -- I made a Kandou "Mini-traveler Sling" out of the American Spoon canvas bag my friend gave me.
With the addition of cuts from the "Apple Festival" collection by Jane Shasky for Henry Glass & Co. I widened the American Spoon bag enough to create the front and back of my mini-sling.
I highlighted the advertising on the front and back of the American Spoon bag by making the front zippered pocket zip in a straight line across the top of the bag front instead of diagonally as shown in the pattern.
I used the back of the American Spoon bag to make a large slip-pocket on the back of the sling, instead of creating the vertical, zippered pocket described in the pattern.
I used an ivory cotton from my stash for pocket linings; and a dark-brown, faux waxed-duck canvas from Sally Tomato for the bag back and sling top. I inserted a Peltex blank to stiffen the upper portion of the sling.
I used two pieces of one-inch-wide, deep-red webbing; and dark brass hardware for the strap. I had to splice the webbing, but consider the scar a feature, not a bug. I also added a clever strap-keeper as described by Diana Spencer-Ogg in her "Sail Sling Bag" pattern.
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| Showing nylon-webbing strap-keeper on mini-traveler strap |
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| American Spoon Mini-traveler |
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