I’ve learned that I nest by creating: sewing, knitting, dreaming, scheming, etching … that’s how I knew I’d be having him soon. Yes, there was a little bit of cleaning and organizing that took place as well, but in my mind I had a few projects I’d been planning since early on in my pregnancy that I knew I wanted to finish before his arrival. The one I obsessed over? My hospital bag.
I really don’t know why I had such a specific vision for the bag I wanted to bring with to the birth center — it was so clear in my mind, yet I didn’t tackle it until about 2 weeks before he was born.
In my mind, I’d made it a million times, but I was so nervous to actually tackle it.
But once I got started, it sort of came together. In a perfect world, I’d love to get this finalized and a pattern to you tomorrow…. In the end of my construction, the bag ended up looking like I wanted to…but it’s a hack when it comes to how I finished it and pieced it together. I’ve warned my little sister that I need to pick her genius sewing brain…. so when we do that, I’ll hopefully get it finalized and out to you all!
I really wanted to have some goodies made for Jones before he arrived. We’d decided on his name early on, so I was fairly confident that we weren’t changing it. I’d had onesies made for Harlow and some booties for her to wear home (although I might have finished those while I was in early labor with her… along with packing my bag. Whoops!), so I wanted to do a few of those special things for Jonesy too.
My dream for this bag was simple: a duffle on top with an additional zipped section at the bottom. I loved being able to pack the things I needed for me in the top section, while filling the bottom with gifts and other things for Jones. I loved how the diagonal quilting turned out on the top section — I used my painter’s tape technique! Am I the only one who finds it so calming and therapeutic to quilt such precise lines? Welp. ;)
Eeks! I really am excited to tackle the pattern in a way that is a bit more doable and repeatable — we’ll get there. Excited to share some of the goodies I packed in this duffle! My original plan was to have a matching one made smaller for Harlow….but, I’ve learned to tell myself no when things are just absurd given the amount of time in a given day, the amount of time I need to sleep and the number of weeks I am pregnant….I told myself ‘no’ on that one. ;) Maybe someday!
xo
That bag is so cute!
Kacia…you’ve outdone yourself! This bag is amazing!!! I am so jealous of your talent.
Love the bag! I would love to see some progress pics if you took any – so even if you don’t get to making a pattern I can have something to add to my someday projects list.
i want this bag. like. real bad.
alice…. i second that! nuff said.
are you serious?! You made this?!?!?!! AHHH you are amazing!!!!! I can’t wait to meet Jonesy!!