In the Jan/Feb issue of Muzzleloader magazine, TC Albert wrote a great article on "Market Hunters' Canvas Double Pouch". Lately I've been wanting to build myself a bag to carry extra stuff while I'm shooting or hunting, and I remembered his article.
I had a nice piece of very heavy cotton canvas big enough to do the job, and lots of denim patch material for a lining, so i read his article a couple more times, and went to work.
On this bag I did not turn it inside out, but chose to just sew it flat, and I confess that for most of it, I used my wife's sewing machine, rather than hand stitch it. There were areas where there were just too many layers of canvas and denim, so I had no choice, but all the lay out and basting was done on a machine. I used an old wool sash for the shoulder strap - adds a dash of colour to an otherwise plain guy. Here's how it turned out...
Now I had a narrow strip of canvas left over, so I decided I'd make a smaller version "en suite" as a shooting pouch for my new to me smoothie. This one I sews entirely on the machine, turning the pouches to make a rounder seam along the edges of the double bags. Again, I lined it with the dame denim, saddle stitched on the leather tab and strap, and the buffalo horn button, as on the other bag. It is 8" deep and 8 1/2" wide and holds a lot of stuff. I really like it.
Thanks very much to T. C. Albert for the design and inspiration. This is just another example of how well received your work is.
