Let's Make A Man Bag - Part 3

Time to start working on the body of the bag.  First, is to make the strap and attach it to the sides.  If you don't do this first, it's very hard to attach the strap later (I speak from experience).  Here are the pieces

Four pieces of nylon webbing cut to 4" each (cut from the 80" length), the shoulder strap thing, the strap adjuster, two rings, the remaining nylon webbing, and the two side pieces.

Thread one of the 4" pieces of nylon webbing through on of the rings and sew the ends together

Tip:  I hate it when the strap on a bag does this:

So I like to secure the webbing under the ring, using a zipper foot.

Repeat with the other ring so that there are two.

Take one end of the long piece of webbing and wrap it around the middle, fold the end under, and sew as close to the adjuster as possible (maybe sew twice, this piece can get a lot of stress).

To thread the strap, watch this

Now take the free end of the strap, thread it through the remaining ring, fold under the end, and sew (maybe twice, so it's very secure).

And, finally, end up with this (you'll notice I forgot the shoulder thing; that's OK I can live without it)

To attach the strap to the sides, use one of the remaining two 4" pieces of webbing and place on one of the side pieces.  Put one end of the shoulder strap under this piece, pin, and sew.

Repeat on the other side to get this

 Piecing together the front, back, and flap parts.  First the front:

Sew together on the long edge to get this

The back pieces

Attach the two smaller pieces

Now attach to the larger piece, like so

Same process for the flap, this

This

And this

Front, Back, and Flap, pieced together

Putting it all together, next.