Dabbling with Crossbody Bags

I have been dabbling with sewing various bags and zipper pouches over the past few months. I weave them in between my quilting work. Even my 10-year-old has grown an interest in making bags. I watched a few videos online and scratched out a quick pattern in my design book and went to work. The pattern goes together quickly, and it wasn't long before people started asking about them. The first few were safe- simple black exterior and lining with an accented pocket. 

Now that I kind of know what I'm doing, I wanted to jazz them up a little. I really love piecing quilts from crumbs and strips, so I decided to design a few crossbody bags with strips I purchased from an Etsy vendor to see what they would look like. Here are the beginnings of this project. I'll post the finished products in a day or two. I'm still pondering what the pocket will look like. 

The next area is working with batiks. A client asked for a bag just a little wider. As I was cutting some batik fabric for a different project, I discovered there was just enough fabric left to experiment with a larger crossbody bag, so I went for it. I may add a double zipper to this one.