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Now that I know that this gift has arrived safely in its birthday boy recipient’s little hands, I can finally show off my (er, Colden’s) toddler backpack!
This project was so. much. fun.
The pattern is from Made By Rae. I knew I had to try it the minute I saw it on her blog. I bought the pattern almost immediately. I bought the fabric a few days later — I love the sweet, colorful, happy pattern. It seemed like a great fit for a creative little boy. It wasn’t until later that I realized that the Bremen Town Musicians had other significance, too: Colden’s mom, Kendra, and I first became friends while acting in a children’s theatre production of Bremen Town Musicians during our first years of high school!
So, anyway, I promptly ordered the perfect pattern and the perfect fabric, and then they sat. And sat. And sat.
There were a few things that intimidated me a little about the pattern. I called for a zipper, and I’d never sewn on a zipper before. It also requires pipping, another thing that I’d not only not tried, but also heard bad, hard, frustrating things about.
So, I made a practice bag with fabric left over from another project. Thanks to some fancy feet handed down by mother-in-law, attaching the pipping turned out to be a breeze. The zipper, it turned out, was even easier.
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