Hello Friends,

I have a super fun duffle to share with you that I made recently!! Have you seen The Patchwork Duffle from Kaitlyn at Knot and Thread? I’ve been so excited to make it since she told me about it! You may be wondering how complicated it is…it’s one of the easiest bags I’ve made. Her pattern is great!! She also has some bonus videos if you need to check them out. Head to her YouTube channel.

Kaitlyn wrote this pattern with the intention of helping us use our scraps. She does offer instructions in the pattern if you’d like to make the outside patchwork or a solid fabric, like I’ve done. You can use batting or Soft and Stable, like I did. Soft and Stable is foam with a fabric scrim on both sides. It’s a breeze to quilt and sew with, and it gives the bag a lot of great structure. My bag is empty and still keeping its shape. If you get it prepackaged, it may have fold lines in it, guess what…you can press those lines out with your iron. That’s what I did, and it worked great!

I added one of my quilt labels, that I had made by Custom Labels 4 u, to the binding on the pocket. Such a fun touch!!

Look at the sweet rose gold striped zipper, Kaitlyn has those on her website, too. They are zippers by the yard. I used the peaches and cream one. You do need to required length of zipper that the pattern lists, to help give you the extra room to sew the bag together. Don’t use a shorter zipper. I love that Kaitlyn thinks about all the details and the ease of sewing the duffle together.

I love the three Bonnie and Camille fabrics that I used. The pop of aqua is from their Hello Darling line, the pink diamond gingham is from Vintage Picnic, and the main floral is from their Smitten line. I also used my favorite natural white Omni thread from Superior Threads to quilt it.

I used my fun Domestic Stitches - Triangles for the quilting. Which is so much fun, seeing it on a bag!! Domestic Stitches - Triangles is available in my shop.