Yoga Mat Bag
January 12th, 2009
This is a yoga mat bag that I created for Sew News magazine. A friend of mine is a yoga instructor and I was inspired to create something for her, and it seemed like a good piece for a magazine too. I whipped up a test sample out of cotton, changed a few things–mostly how the strap was hanging and the pocket size–and wrote a pattern. I used a heavy canvas for the final bag and picked a fabric that is bold (what I’m typically drawn to) in a color palette I thought she might like.
You can make a yoga mat bag from the pattern I wrote and find lots of other great project ideas in the winter issue of Sew News. I’ve seen it at Barnes and Noble and other bookstores. I’ve got another pattern coming out in the spring as well! It was such fun, hopefully they’ll want me to write a few more.
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12 Comments Add your own
1. Erica | January 12th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
ive been meaning to make my roommate a yoga bag! thanks for sharing ;)
2. *karen | January 12th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Congratulations on being published….Is writing up a pattern difficult?
3. Chara Michele | January 13th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
That is exciting! Congrats on having your pattern published :)
4. Emily | January 13th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
You go girl!
5. Mindy | January 13th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Congrats on being published. My grandma runs a yoga class and would love this as a gift. Thanks!
6. Sarah Seitz | January 13th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Horray! I’m so excited to get my copy! Love the bag, and maybe it will inspire me to take up yoga? (which is definitely not a bag idea!)
7. Jacqueline | January 14th, 2009 at 4:41 am
Congratulations on being published! I love that yoga bag! n___n Happy creative day!
8. Lisa | January 14th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Congratulations on the publication!! I’ll be picking up my copy tomorrow.
9. Aja | January 20th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
That is so awesome you are a published pattern writer – and as the lucky recipient, I must tell you I get compliments on it all the time! I love it!
10. yoga dvd dude | March 23rd, 2009 at 11:13 pm
I love bag patterns like these. We are starting a local hour long weekly TV show for yoga in a couple of weeks and showing these types of projects would be really cool. Does anyone who makes theses bags leve near San Diego?
Steve
11. Lauri Reeder | April 13th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Can’t seem to find the yoga mat bag on the Sew News we site (I really tried). Could you send me the pattern/instructions or the link?
Much appreciated
Lauri
12. yoga mat guy | August 12th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Very pretty yoga mat bag in the pic. Makes he want to do more yoga!
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