There is never a good reason not to make something. But the truth is, sometimes one simply does not have enough time to spend making. Well, these are times when you might just need to take a step back and think. So I did, and figured if I only had 2 hours in front of me, I could still pull a rabbit out of the bag, or a bag out of the rabbit. So I brewed myself a cup of coffee, grabbed what was lying around the workshop and just went for it.
I ended up building the Graffiti pack out of only 2 panels, each one 60cm height and 30 cm wide which makes for a relatively small pack of about 10 liters when assembled. I had a sample of printed polyester canvas waiting for such on occasion but felt like the pattern would be just a tad too much, so I added a plain black front zipper pocket to break the pattern and dial it down a notch.
The rest of the pack did not take long to finish after that. The shoulder straps were put together with some simple webbing and ladder lock buckles.
I added some scrap webbing to reinforce the roll-top and then sewed the two panels together with straight stretch stitch. The canvas itself was fraying quite a bit, so I blind hem stitched it for good measure. Unfortunately, when one works in a hurry, one sometimes gets some nice spaghetti stitching to show for. It does not usually impact the stitch strength or the function of the pack, but it sure makes a maker feel bad about it. Oh well, that’s life.
And there you have it, a simple pack that can make Misses ABC happy. All done under 120 minutes.