Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
My new Happy Trails Travel Bag sewing pattern is out! If you want a custom bag for traveling that will hold all of the essential toiletries, sew the Happy Trails Travel Bag! It's clean finished, simple to sew and easy to modify.
If you want to watch a couple live streams about fabric options, using a binding attachment, zipper insertion, and discussing many options, you can check out my Bag Making Tips stream here: youtube.com/live/kBGPhPQG3rw
And watch me sew one live using binding attachments here: youtube.com/live/w6TZcsMT7J8?feature=share
Find the Happy Trails Travel Bag Sewing Pattern here: https://sewsew.live/products/happy-trails-travel-bag You’ll find the materials and yardage requirements, and photos in the product listing in that link.
Time Stamps correspond to sewing steps. There are extra options in the sew along.
Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
1:04 Outer Bag
2:31 Step 1. Closure Strap
4:00 Sewing without the Outer Bag Decoration
6:52 Assembling a Handle
7:32 Step 2. Attach Handle
9:42 Step 3. Outer Bag Decoration
11:46 Bonus Option: Adding Outer Pocket
15:01 Inner Bag
16:19 Step 4. Hanging Hook Elastic
16:44 Step 5. Bind Pockets
17:31 Step 6. Attach Zippers
18:52 Step 7. Bind Layered Pockets Together
19:22 Step 8. Add Top Zipper
19:38 Step 9. Bind Layered Pockets Together with Bottom Layer
20:45 Step 10. Combine Pockets and Attach to Inner Bag
21:57 Step 11. Divide Split Pocket
22:44 Step 12. Secure Layered Pockets and Round Corners
23:16 Step 13. Elastic Pocket
29:27 Step 14. Option One Metal Hanging Hook
31:26 Step 14. Option Two Hanging Strap
33:04 Large Pouch
33:31 Step 15. Zippered Pouch Pocket
36:29 Step 16: Sewing without Corners
37:14 Step 17. Assemble Pouch
38:48 Step 18. Large Pouch to Inner Bag
40:51 Step 19. Attach Closure Strap
41:24 Final Step!
41:30 Step 20. Arrange Bag
44:54 Step 21. Bind Perimeter
52:07 Step 22. Removable Pouch
57:51 End
Happy Trails to you!
Check out my sewing community:
Sew Sew guild: sewsewguild.com
Website: https://sewsew.live/
Instagram: instagram.com/sewsewlive/?hl=en
Sew Sew Guild: sewsewguild.com
Hope to see you in the stream and the Guild!
xo Saremy
My new Happy Trails Travel Bag sewing pattern is out! If you want a custom bag for traveling that will hold all of the essential toiletries, sew the Happy Trails Travel Bag! It's clean finished, simple to sew and easy to modify.
If you want to watch a couple live streams about fabric options, using a binding attachment, zipper insertion, and discussing many options, you can check out my Bag Making Tips stream here: youtube.com/live/kBGPhPQG3rw
And watch me sew one live using binding attachments here: youtube.com/live/w6TZcsMT7J8?feature=share
Find the Happy Trails Travel Bag Sewing Pattern here: https://sewsew.live/products/happy-trails-travel-bag You’ll find the materials and yardage requirements, and photos in the product listing in that link.
Time Stamps correspond to sewing steps. There are extra options in the sew along.
Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
1:04 Outer Bag
2:31 Step 1. Closure Strap
4:00 Sewing without the Outer Bag Decoration
6:52 Assembling a Handle
7:32 Step 2. Attach Handle
9:42 Step 3. Outer Bag Decoration
11:46 Bonus Option: Adding Outer Pocket
15:01 Inner Bag
16:19 Step 4. Hanging Hook Elastic
16:44 Step 5. Bind Pockets
17:31 Step 6. Attach Zippers
18:52 Step 7. Bind Layered Pockets Together
19:22 Step 8. Add Top Zipper
19:38 Step 9. Bind Layered Pockets Together with Bottom Layer
20:45 Step 10. Combine Pockets and Attach to Inner Bag
21:57 Step 11. Divide Split Pocket
22:44 Step 12. Secure Layered Pockets and Round Corners
23:16 Step 13. Elastic Pocket
29:27 Step 14. Option One Metal Hanging Hook
31:26 Step 14. Option Two Hanging Strap
33:04 Large Pouch
33:31 Step 15. Zippered Pouch Pocket
36:29 Step 16: Sewing without Corners
37:14 Step 17. Assemble Pouch
38:48 Step 18. Large Pouch to Inner Bag
40:51 Step 19. Attach Closure Strap
41:24 Final Step!
41:30 Step 20. Arrange Bag
44:54 Step 21. Bind Perimeter
52:07 Step 22. Removable Pouch
57:51 End
Happy Trails to you!
Check out my sewing community:
Sew Sew guild: sewsewguild.com
Website: https://sewsew.live/
Instagram: instagram.com/sewsewlive/?hl=en
Sew Sew Guild: sewsewguild.com
Hope to see you in the stream and the Guild!
xo Saremy
