Yet another project!

[Bill]

I've spent ages looking for small pannier bags for my bike that don't cost an arm & a leg and aren't fugly. No success.
Sew, since I'm now a tailor wannabe with mediocre skills I figured I'd have a go at making my own.
This isn't the final version by any means, just a test run to test my stitch strength and neatness and figure out any problems for when I start the real thing.
I'm quite pleased with myself! 
Straps and buckles to be figured out and what to use as a stiffening board which will have the pannier rack clips screwed to.

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[realale]

That looks a neat and tidy solution.  :thumbsup:

[Bodgeitandscarper]

Looks good - are you going to seal the seams?

[Bill]

@Bodgeitandscarper not on this one but for the finished one, yep. I'm not how I'll do that though. Not a clue.  :thinking:

[Bodgeitandscarper]

I think I'd try the seam sealing glue type thing, rather than tape. 

[Lilian]

Very neat and tidy @Bill 

[Surest1tch]

Well done @Bill, nice colour and very neat

[Iminei]

You buy Jaffa Cakes by the Kg ????? 

[Bill]

Umm.......... 
£2.99 for the box so it seemed a shame not to. How else am I sposed to keep my awesomely manly muscular figure? :cough:

[Bill]

I think I'd try the seam sealing glue type thing, rather than tape.

That goes on after the sewing I'm guessing?

[Andymat]

Umm.......... 
£2.99 for the box so it seemed a shame not to. How else am I sposed to keep my awesomely manly muscular figure? :cough:

So that’s why you need the panniers! Have you made another one for the other side of the bike for the other kg of Jaffa cakes? To balance the bike out of course 

[Andymat]

And…

So, you also think using the word sew at the beginning of the sentence let’s you off the hook eh?

Literally very clever!

[Bill]

Sew @Andymat  I've made some progress.
 
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Copying an idea from my carradice panniers I'm using tent material to close up the insides before closing the lid...

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But here's the first problem I can't fix. The inside corners where 3 sides join up are looking like a pigs rear end due to bunching up. What would be the best way to trim these edges without causing holes to appear?

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2nd problem is that once I've sewn the lid and bag together, getting both ends under the machine to sew them together is proving to be a real challenge. It's not the most pliable fabric in the world and I'm in no hurry to either strain the machine or snap needles through manhandling them. Any ideas?

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[Bill]

Aaaaaaaaaaand as usual the pics got messed up. %+#@!

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[Bodgeitandscarper]

Personally, I wouldn't worry about those corners, they look fine, no-one will notice.

As for the lid, (obviously far too late to say this!) I think I'd have had the lid as a continuation of the back panel, but how about just attaching it with some of the strap webbing rather than trying to sew it on across the back?