That’s right, I made my own fender guitar bag. Uzi has not seen it and hopefully, he’ll be delighted when he finally does, wherever he is in Manila.
Darn, I miss him.
Well, I made a tutorial for those crafting-inclined souls out there. HAPPY SEWING! PLEASE DO NOT SELL ANY GUITAR BAG THAT YOU END UP MAKING. THANKS.
*UPDATE (Suggested by Renee heehee)
MATERIALS NEEDED: half a meter of thick fabric for the body (i used thick pink canvas for mine); fabric for the lining; fabric in contrasting color for the scratchplate; bias tape; silver-y fabric; buttons; silver thread; grosgrain for the strap; adjuster for the strap.
1. Print a guitar image onto an A4 paper. Trace your image; 2 for the body, 2 for lining, 2 for your scratchplate.
2. Out of silver-y fabric, cut and sew rectangle and tear-shaped pieces. The rectangle would be your whammy bar while the tear-shaped piece would serve as your input jack.
3. Take your scratchplate pieces, right sides together, and sew all the way around. Leave a 2-inch gap for turning inside out.
4. After this, clip all the way around so that the curves would be better-defined. Turn inside out and sew on top of the front body of your bag. Use the image you printed for the position of the scratchplate.
5. Now sew the whammy bar and the input jack. Take three strips of bias tape (or any fabric that matches the color of your scratchplate). Their length should be the same as your whammy bar. These strips would be your single-coil pickups. Position them according to the image and sew. Mark the parts of the scratchplate where the screws are. Embroider these with silver thread. Handsew circles on the strips you just added. Remember,these circles should be aligned.
6. Mark the volume and tone controls. Sew on buttons for these.
7. Now position your front and back pieces, right sides together. Sew from the highest points of the curved tops on both sides. Do the same to the lining, leaving a gap at the bottom. (If you want, you can add a pocket or two before doing this.)
8. Turn the outer body inside out and place it inside the lining. Sew the opening of your bag.
9. Pull out your outer body through the gap at the bottom of the lining.
10. Your bag is starting to take shape. Topstitch the top part.
11. Attach one end of the strap with the rectangular ring for the adjuster. Sew the other end. Do not forget to sew the gap in your lining shut.
12. And you’re done!
HAPPY SEWING!
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p.s. ur cute :P
da bag is very nice….im veeery much into music and would love to make one of those jux to brag infront of my friends…..heheh:P
and as pink is my fav color ill make a copy of dat …..thx for the nice bag..hoping to seee more of those kinda stuff to make in my spare time….
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Too cool! I’m going to make one of my own bass which just gathers dust in the attic these days! THanks for sharing!
Wonderful idea ! and inspiring !
tranks, thas is very nice for a teeneger
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Hey! This is the COOLEST bag ever! Thank you so much for sharing how to make it! I am definetly making one or two for gifts!! Thanks again!!
Jade
cute!!
Wow! This is cool!!! I´ll try and make it….. A huge THANKS to you!!!
Lavinia
I am SO making this for my sister’s Holiday gift!! Awesome, thanks!
como mola!! gracias por publicarlo, voy a hacerme uno de inmediato! :D
Thank you very much! :3
You know, I may have discovered this at the end of the year, but this is going to make an AMAZING gift for my nieces
You’re welcome and happy sewing! :)
love the bag!!! have made one for my man of course he loved it!!! gonna alter the idea a little for another one cause he has a one of a kind Nady wirless electric..in fire red so i want to replcate it on a bag…how fun thank you
That’s great! Boys, in general, love the guitar bag. My boyfriend has three, in fact. :D
This is harder than it looks. lol
what a great tuts!! I would love to try once heee
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yOur wOrks reAlLy arE niCe!!! gALing mUh pOh!!!^^,
Salamat :D
Excellent tutorial, but what is the bias tape for? And is grosgain like webbing?
The bias tape is for the single-coil pickups. Please see step5.
And yes, webbing for the strap will be used.
what a wonderful tutorial.
I add it in my blog.
Hope u dont mind. =)
Love the guitar bag!!!
But where do I find the pattern ??
Help…this is a must do!!
Liz
Great Idea! I shall have to try this.
Thanks so much for putting this online…..my step granddaughter who is going to be 7 is a freak for anything pink and is also a rock star….she is absolutely going to flip out over this guitar purse!!!!
Hope she likes what you create! You’re a rocking grandma yourself :)
Love it! Come link your cute tute at my party: Thursday’s Treasures!!
http://treasuresfortots.blogspot.com/2010/02/thursdays-treasures-week-9.html
I added your blog to bookmarks. And i’ll read your articles more regularly!