Needlework Monday: The Brownie Bag

What do you do with your old girl scout uniforms that your nostalgia hoarding self kept for decades?

You make a messenger bag out of them, of course.

(Confusion disclaimer: "Phe, you're a dude, girl scouts?" Yes, I'm a trans dude, ergo, girl scouts. Boy scouts would not have let me in in the 80s, eh?)

The brownie jumper is the outer body of the bag. And btw, I didn't alter it too much, I made this easy: fold the bottom skirt part like you are wrapping a boxy present with it; sew in place. Fold over top. Shoulder straps become closure straps when hooked around D rings you sew into the front of the bag. Sew the top parts together and add a zipper to make a flap pouch.

Use the blouse as your bag liner.

Jumper pockets become front bag pockets; add buttons or snaps if you wish. Sleeves inside the bag become sleeves to hold upright things like a water bottle and umbrella. The strap is a thick ribbon type strap that held a rolled up throw blanket I got as a gift at some point. An old leather hair pin thingy became the strap pad.

And now you know it's my bag, because it's covered in buttons and patches. It's a GIRL SCOUT bag, it had to have patches.

And yes, that's a Starfleet Academy patch, because I'm a nerd.

I made this project some time ago, but I still have the junior girl scout uniform to make another one with. So many projects, so little time...

Thanks for reading!