This is not a diaper bag

        1) I made my piping by basting together my tube of fabric and then shoving my cord through using a safety pin. It was easy and it work for me.

        2) The handles are half inch wider and seven inches longer. I didn’t use Peltex in the handles but used fusible batting and medium heavy fusible interfacing. I also quilted vertical lines up and down each.

        3) When attaching the handles, instead of only sewing the stated 3 sets of horizontal lines, I sewed by tracing 3 of 5 of my quilted lines on the handle up to the top mark. I think it gives my handles some extra security and I prefer the look of completely attached handles. I then sewed an “X” instead of one horizontal line at the top mark.

        4) On the inside,  I used the large outer pocket pattern piece to make two pockets. Using my leftover piping, added the piping along the top of each pocket. I hearted the piping.

        5) I used a bunch of interfacing for: the lining of the outer and side pockets, all the lining, and the lining of the inside side pockets.

Other tips:
        * I used a denim needle and heavy duty thread when I sewed the outer shell together. It was too bad, but I gave up trying to get a 1/2 seam allowance and just tried to crowd the piping by sewing to the left of the piping stitches.
        * Remember how to use your zipper foot. I was using mine backwards until I had sewn one side of the zipper. 🙂