Just finished this yesterday morning. The fabric is perfect for the bag but I just wish it wouldn’t pick up every stray hair, fuzzball, and thread bit on the planet, lol!
Hope everyone had a great Christmas!
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What a great job you did! I like that big pocket design in the front. Your lining looks perfect as well! I find it helps to rub static-y fabrics with a dryer sheet, but pet hair is a fact of life for many of us! 
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Ooh, what a gorgeous bag! Is this your pattern? The pocket is wonderful.
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Gorgeous bag!
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Thank you. 
The bag pattern is from Charlie’s Aunt. New messenger bag PDF sewing pattern from Charlie's Aunt
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It’s wool fabric and we know how wool is - it’s nature’s velcro, lol.
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Oh my word, thank you for sharing. That designer is doing marvellous stuff with pockets, pleats, flaps & buttons. I can see why you chose one of their patterns.
The wool is fabulous, it looks terrific. One of those flat little sweater combs would fit in a small pocket for quickly removing fluff & such if it becomes bothersome.
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Thank you very much for the nice compliment.
And I never thought about a sweater comb - that’s a great idea!
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This is such a good looking bag! I love how you matched up the plaid, but then the pattern gave you that scrunchy-yet-still-tailored pocket detail. SO GOOD.
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Wow that’s gorgeously made!! It looks perfect. Lol I hope you don’t have dogs if it’s picking up everything! I’m sure it’ll look nice regardless. I like how you have a little metal “handmade” bit on there that would be like what designers put on their bags!
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Thank you! No, I don’t have any pets, so I don’t have to worry about pet hair.
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What a beautiful bag! Great job!
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Congratulations! Your beautiful creation is a Featured Project this week! What a great way to ring in the New Year. 
P.S. I edited your post to make sure the first picture was of your whole project for the front page thumbnails!
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Thank you for featuring my satchel.
(And thank you for fixing my pictures too.)
Hope you have a good New Year!'
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That fabric is perfect for the purse style. You did a phenomenal job!
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The bag came out like lovely, great job!
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Thank you🤗
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That pleated pocket is everything!
I love a wool plaid.
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LOVE this bag. The plaid is perfect, colors are perfect!
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Lovely and functional!
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