The DARLA crossbody bag sewing pattern offers three different size options, convenient for any occasion. The smallest version, a vertical rectangle, will allow you to easily carry along your wallet, your phone and a small book. The square medium version can contain a few more personal effects. The large size, which is a horizontal rectangle, will make the perfect laptop bag pattern and suit most 16’’ portable computers.
The DARLA bag, closed on top with a zipper and entirely lined, is equipped with a front pocket and flap, a back zipped pocket, an inside zipped pocket and a inside divider. The strap can be adjustable or not.
For perfect finishing in final assembly, choose between French seams or hide the seams with a bias tape, in which case you may also want to add decorative corded piping around the periphery. As options, you may also decide to add a keychain inside your bag or pad it if you wish to use it as a computer bag.
Sizes: S (22,4 x 16 x 4 cm), M (25 x 25 x 4 cm) and L (28 x 40 x 5 cm). Measurements in inches given in photo gallery.
Level: Intermediate
Pattern formats included:
- A4 PDF layered pattern,
- US Letter PDF layered pattern,
- A0 PDF layered pattern,
- Projectable PDF layered pattern (unfolded and mirrored pieces, drawn respecting grainline, 1 layer per size, calibration grids, colored background to be shown or masked as desired).
Techniques covered in detail: Installing a zipper, installing bias tape, installing corded piping, padding your own fabric, interfacing, French seams, installing an adjustable strap…
French and English tutorials, detailed step by step, full of tips and illustrated with over 60 sketches and photos. They also provide the keys to modify the dimensions of the pattern to fit your particular needs.
Express tutorials for experienced sewists also provided in French and English.
You will need : tissu principal en chaine et trame épais, tissu doublure en chaîne et trame fin, fermetures éclair, bouton (ou pression), sangle. En option : entoilage thermocollant (si votre tissu principal est trop fin), ouatine en rouleau et entoilage non-thermocollant (pour matelasser), biais, passepoil, passants et boucle coulissante, ruban et porte-clé, (métrages fournis dans la galerie photos).
Seam allowances included.
Pattern strictly intended for personal use.
Instant download of 12 files:
- French Detailed Instructions
- French express tutorial
- English Detailed instructions
- English express tutorial
- A0 layered PDF pattern
- A4 layered PDF pattern sizes S, M and L (10 pages)
- A4 layered PDF pattern sizes S and M (6 pages)
- A4 layered PDF pattern size S (4 pages)
- US Letter layered PDF pattern sizes S, M and L (10 pages)
- US Letter layered PDF pattern sizes S and M (6 pages)
- US Letter layered PDF pattern size S (4 pages)
- Projectable layered PDF pattern
Marion CURT –
As usual I was not disappointed with this pattern. Clear and easy to follow explanations even for beginners. The only difficulties will be if you add some for yourself as I did with fabrics and layers. I love the result. Once more I did not think I was capable of such a project.
Elodie –
as always atelier adriette patterns are great. this time I made the computer bag for my son. And at middle school it was a hit.
great explanations she holds our hand from the beginning to the end.
Marion Lambard –
I made the L version for my computer and it is really fun to sew and very well explained! Well done for this pattern!