A Pirate Messenger Bag with Shark Applique

What is a little boy suppose to carry to hold all his treasures?

A Pirate Messenger Bag!

I thought since I made the Marker Travel Bags for my girls that it was my son's turn for a project.

 He often has legos, books or some spinning top game called Bey Blades that he wants to bring along to his aunt's house or when we are running arrends. So when I was browsing Walmart's fabric department and found this great pirate print on the clearance rack I knew what I wanted to do.

I turned to my trusty book: Little Things to Sew book by Oliver + S. I have made the messenger bag pattern before to make this Bike Bag. This time I made the smaller version of the bag.

The pattern is fabulous and came together so quickly (espically since this isn't the first time using this pattern). I can't find the shoulder strap hardware anywhere, so I tried this silver double loop belt buckle and it worked fabulously.
Because my son is 8 years old, I didn't want to make the bag too little boy-ish so I lined the bag with the pirate fabric and used a black duck fabric for the exterior of the bag. The green bias tape I made from the left over fabric I had from his superhero halloween costume.

I embroidered his name on the back.

And appliqued a shark on the front of the bag (his choice, I wanted the cute pirate or the red sea dragon).

He loves the bag and will get a lot of use out of it- and that is all that really matters.

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