Hobo Bags

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I decided to try my hand at making a hobo bag - I was so happy with how the first one turned out I immediately cut fabric for three more - I've got two of the new ones sewn already - I just need to finish the fourth one.

Anyhow....for the first bag - I had these amazing vintage indigo kasuri pieces that I had been straining my brain trying to work out what to make with them. I never wear or use dark blues - so it was a challenge. It finally hit me that a hobo bag would be the pefect bag style to show off the fantastic fabric.



I used a beautiful soft vintage maroon cotton that used to be lining of a kimono as the lining. I thought the maroon complimented the indigo perfectly:




The second one I made was from indigo yukata cotton with Japanese style butterflies:




The lining was a peachy-orange vintage cotton - previously the lining of a kimono:




The third one I made has five different juban (under-kimono) fabrics in pinks and blues:


Front:


Back:


The lining was a vibrant vintage pink cotton:


Cross-Posted to my journal, tezukuri and my sew_hip.